Second, changes to files might fall into a similar trap, as most sync services have limits on age, number of versions, or both, particularly in the free tiers. Third, syncing files back to your PC might overwrite recent changes, and you won't be able to fetch the original copy.
Rubbing salt on the wound, although Backblaze is only meant to back up internal and external drives and not network shares, the client can trip you up in unexpected ways, as external encrypted drives are caught in the crossfire and likewise not backed up.
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ejolson It doesn't seem like a backup to me without a contract specifying the terms and time period over which those terms apply. Moreover, since the terms changed unexpectedly and the current terms indicate accounts may be terminated at any time, if not for a good business reputation, such backups seem even more likely to catastrophically disappear than files written to USB drives and subsequently stored on a shelf in Grandma's root cellar. Hmm. Maybe Grandma could make a fortune repurposing the entire basement. Reply
apothercy Well, crap. I've used them for about four years as a backup for my media server. I'm at about 120TB right now and I've never actually needed to use it for a recovery, but it's always been my excuse to not have a proper RAID setup as I could just grab a disk image if I ever had a failure. Now, of course, I'll probably have to do things right while storage costs three times as much. Hooray! Wait, just 2TB is the top 1%? Yeah, if I'm not one of the people kicked off I'll be shocked. Reply
wshwe Glad I dumped Backblaze years ago. 😂 Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/software/cloud-storage/backblaze-redefines-unlimited-while-users-discover-its-not-backing-up-dropbox-and-onedrive-service-changes-could-signal-shift-away-from-home-backups#main
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