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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 to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45169245

DB = Dropbox, OD = Onedrive

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[–] [S] 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I agree in general about self-hosting, but backup seems like a special case. Where do you back up your self-hosted data? An offsite copy of the backup is needed, and it should be automatic. For most people (who only have one site, their home) that's not easy to arrange except through a cloud backup service.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago*

    In my case I work with a family member in another city. We connect via VPN (tailscale works well too if you prefer that) and push the data we want to backup. Something like nextcloud could be used too, although a regular file explorer works just fine once you're connected.

    Now mind you it's mostly family photos, so not petabytes of data.

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