Benchmark: 2026 Backup Tools — Velero 2.0 vs. Restic 0.17 vs. Duplicati 2.0 for 1TB Data

2026 Backup Tools Benchmark: Velero 2.0 vs Restic 0.17 vs Duplicati 2.0 for 1TB Data Intro: As data volumes grow, choosing the right backup tool is critical. This benchmark tests three leading open-source backup tools — Velero 2.0, Restic 0.17, and Duplicati 2.0 — against 1TB of mixed workload data (documents, media, databases, VM snapshots) to evaluate performance, efficiency, and reliability. Test Methodology All tests ran on a dedicated server with 16 vCPUs, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD storage, an