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Migrate IDrive e2 to Backblaze B2 — Transfer Files with RcloneView

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Steve
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Move object storage buckets between two S3-compatible providers without staging files locally first.

Switching S3-compatible object storage providers usually means picking apart access keys, endpoints, and bucket structures before a single file moves. RcloneView connects to both IDrive e2 and Backblaze B2 as native remotes, so a migration between them is a direct cloud-to-cloud transfer instead of a two-step download-then-upload process.

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Connecting Both Remotes

IDrive e2 and Backblaze B2 are both configured through RcloneView's S3-compatible remote setup, requiring an Access Key, Secret Key, and endpoint for each. For Backblaze B2 specifically, RcloneView also supports its native credential entry method using an Application Key ID and Application Key, which some teams prefer over the S3-compatible route. Once both remotes appear in the Remote Manager, open two Explorer panels side by side — one per remote — using RcloneView's horizontal or vertical split layout.

RcloneView remote manager with IDrive e2 and Backblaze B2 remotes configured

With both buckets visible at once, you can browse folder structures on each side before committing to a transfer, which catches naming mismatches or unexpected nested folders early.

Running the Transfer as a Sync Job

Rather than dragging large buckets manually, set up a Sync job through the 4-step wizard: select IDrive e2 as source, Backblaze B2 as destination, and choose One-way sync so the destination is only modified to match the source — nothing on IDrive e2 changes. In Step 2, RcloneView mounts AND syncs 90+ providers from one window, and lets you tune the number of file transfers and enable checksum comparison so files are verified by hash and size, not just modification time, which matters when migrating between two different storage backends.

RcloneView sync job configured between two S3-compatible object storage remotes

Before running the real transfer, use Dry Run to preview exactly which files will copy and confirm nothing unexpected gets deleted or skipped.

Verifying the Migration

After the sync completes, Job History shows total size transferred, transfer speed, and file count for that run, giving you a record to compare against the source bucket's totals. For an extra check, RcloneView's Folder Compare tool can run a side-by-side comparison between the two buckets after migration, flagging any files that differ in size or exist on only one side.

RcloneView job history showing a completed cloud-to-cloud migration

Getting Started

  1. Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
  2. Add your IDrive e2 remote with its Access Key, Secret Key, and endpoint.
  3. Add your Backblaze B2 remote using either S3-compatible or native credentials.
  4. Configure a one-way sync job, run a Dry Run first, then execute and verify with Job History.

A clean bucket migration comes down to verifying before and after — RcloneView's dry run and comparison tools make both steps part of the same workflow.


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Supported Cloud Providers

Local Files
WebDAV
FTP
SFTP
HTTP
SMB / CIFS
Google Drive
Google Photos
Google Cloud Storage
OneDrive
Dropbox
Box
MS Azure Blob
MS File Storage
S3 Compatible
Amazon S3
pCloud
Wasabi
Mega
Backblaze B2
Cloudflare R2
Alibaba OSS
Ceph
Swift (OpenStack)
IBM Cloud Object Storage
Oracle Cloud Object Storage
IDrive e2
MinIO
Storj
DigitalOcean Spaces