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Or you don't read the small print and Backblaze deleted the backup of your external disk if you don't connect your computer for X days. Happened to me, very fucking pissed. Even when you're an "IT guy" think you've got it all covered it can still blow up.


Do you have any pointers to such fineprint? I can't find it nor did I notice it when I just very recently began using Backblaze.


yeah here https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665398-Backi...

> Backblaze will backup external USB and Firewire hard drives that are detached and re-attached as long as you remember to re-attach the hard drive at least once every 30 days. If the drive is detached for more than 30 days, Backblaze interprets this as data that has been permanently deleted and securely deletes the copy from the Backblaze datacenter

It's a real fucker like if you have your stuff in storage for a while and then reformat the drive and then try to download everything from Backblaze (what I do every time I get a new computer), only to discover it's not there. Left a REAL bad taste.


It's because the service is billed as a "backup" not as "cheap cloud storage".

If they allowed people to back up unlimited USB drives and networks shares, /r/datahoarder would be all up their business with 1PB storage.

This is why they limit it to only stuff you're actually using.

If you want generic cloud storage with infinite retention, they have B2


They mention in their docs that this is why they forbid (not limit) NAS. Afaik you could still connect as many 8TB USB drives to your machine.


Boot your windows machine using an iSCSI storage block supplied by your NAS. I’ve wondered if this would work with Backblaze or not. I don’t really care if I lose my plex media so I’ve never tried it.


And as long as you keep them connected regularly, they are backed up.

What you can't do is connect a 20TB USB drive, back it up and put it in your cupboard for a year and expect the data to still be there.


As is clearly stated in their FINEPRINT.

/s


I mean, they also email you after two weeks and then again at 21 days, so it's not like they're hiding this from you.


They email about "missing computer", that I'm aware of and is fine but I'm not aware of them mentioning deletion of data of the external disks. Fully admitting I may have missed it.


It takes up to a month to recover from some situations. You maybe even heard about the one infamous three years ago.




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