▲ 341 ▼ Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up DB and OD — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 4 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45169245 DB = Dropbox, OD = Onedrive
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 9 points 4 months ago (4 children) This would increase my yearly cost from $99 to over 10k permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) You have over 70TB of data you want to backup? That’s a lot. How are you making backups of that for only 99/year? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) I have a 190TB NAS, and Backblaze is $99 for unlimited. At least it was until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Backblaze is definitely losing money on you every year, so good luck finding an alternative. I pay $100+/month just in power and network costs to have my own hardware colocated in a real data center, and that's saving me money compared to renting 200TB anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago Oh, I definitely know I'm not a profitable customer for them. My home electricity bill for my NAS is already a multiple of my Backblaze subscription permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unlawfulbooger@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 4 months ago (3 children) You have over 70TB of data you want to backup? That’s a lot. How are you making backups of that for only 99/year? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) I have a 190TB NAS, and Backblaze is $99 for unlimited. At least it was until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Backblaze is definitely losing money on you every year, so good luck finding an alternative. I pay $100+/month just in power and network costs to have my own hardware colocated in a real data center, and that's saving me money compared to renting 200TB anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago Oh, I definitely know I'm not a profitable customer for them. My home electricity bill for my NAS is already a multiple of my Backblaze subscription permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) I have a 190TB NAS, and Backblaze is $99 for unlimited. At least it was until now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Backblaze is definitely losing money on you every year, so good luck finding an alternative. I pay $100+/month just in power and network costs to have my own hardware colocated in a real data center, and that's saving me money compared to renting 200TB anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago Oh, I definitely know I'm not a profitable customer for them. My home electricity bill for my NAS is already a multiple of my Backblaze subscription permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) Backblaze is definitely losing money on you every year, so good luck finding an alternative. I pay $100+/month just in power and network costs to have my own hardware colocated in a real data center, and that's saving me money compared to renting 200TB anywhere else. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago Oh, I definitely know I'm not a profitable customer for them. My home electricity bill for my NAS is already a multiple of my Backblaze subscription permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 4 months ago Oh, I definitely know I'm not a profitable customer for them. My home electricity bill for my NAS is already a multiple of my Backblaze subscription permalink fedilink source parent