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Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by LaGrange »

littlecranky67 wrote: post #84
embedding-shape wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any company that does the "unlimited*" shenanigans are automatically out from any selection process I had going, wherever they use it. It's a clear signal that the marketing/financial teams have taken over the businesses, and they'll be quick to offload you from the platform given the chance, and you'll have no recourse. Always prefer businesses who are upfront and honest about what they can offer their users, in a s…

Most home broadband providers offer unlimited network traffic.

It’s not unlimited. The limit might be very high these days, but it’s at most bandwidth times duration. And while that sounds trivial, it does mean they aren’t selling you an infinity of a resource.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by orr721 »

klausa wrote: post #17

Exclusions are one thing, but I've had Backblaze _fail to restore a file_. I pay for unlimited history. I contacted the support asking WTF, "oh the file got deleted at some point, sorry for that", and they offered me 3 months of credits. I do not trust my Backblaze backups anymore.

I had similar experience as well. They upgraded their client and server software something like 5 years ago which put forward different restrictions on character set used for password. I have used a special character which was no longer allowed. When I needed to restore files after disk failure I could not log in either in the app or on the website. The customer service was useless -- we are sorry, your fault. I have lost 1 TB of personal photos due to this as a paying customer. Never trust Backblaze.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by LetTheSmokeOut »

noirscape wrote: post #149
grumbelbart2 wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Git packs objects into pack-files on a regular basis. If it doesn't, check your configuration, or do it manually with 'git repack'.

I decided to look into this (git gc should also be doing this), and I think I figured out why it's such a consistent issue with git in particular. Running git gc does properly pack objects together and reduce inode count to something much more manageable. It's the same reason why the postgres autovacuum daemon tends to be borderline useless unless you retune it[0]: the defaults are barmy. git gc only runs if there's…

I needed to use

> git config --global gc.auto 1000

with the long option name, and no `=`.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by embedding-shape »

pixl97 wrote: post #209
embedding-shape wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They offer "unlimited" where I live, not "unlimited*".

I mean, in this universe we live in everything is limited somehow. I do wish it was a word that had to be completely dropped from marketing/adverting. For example there is not unlimited storage, hell the visible universe has a storage limit. There is not unlimited upload and download speed, and what if when you start using more space they started exponentially slowing the speed you could access the storage? Unlimited…

> I mean, in this universe we live in everything is limited somehow.

Yes, indeed, most relevant in this case probably "time" and "bandwidth", put together, even if you saturate the line for a month, they won't throttle you, so for all intents and purposes, the "data cap" is unlimited (or more precise; there is no data cap).

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by jtbayly »

bayindirh wrote: post #196
danpalmer wrote: post #189

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This is a complexity that makes it harder, but not insurmountable. It would be reasonable to say that if you run the file sync in a mode that keeps everything locally, then Backblaze should be backing it up. Arguably they should even when not in that mode, but it'll churn files repeatedly as you stream files in and out of local storage with the cloud provider.

> Arguably they should even when not in that mode, but it'll churn files repeatedly as you stream files in and out of local storage with the cloud provider. When you have a couple terabytes of data in that drive, is it acceptable to cycle all that data and use all that bandwidth and wear down your SSD at the same time? Also, high number of small files is a problem for these services. I have a large font collection in…

Reading your comments, it sounds like you are arguing it is impossible to backup files in Dropbox in any reasonable way, and therefore nobody should backup their cloud files. I know you haven’t technically said that, but that’s what it sounds like.

I assume you don’t think that, so I’m curious, what would you propose positively?

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by Dylan16807 »

noirscape wrote: post #149
grumbelbart2 wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Git packs objects into pack-files on a regular basis. If it doesn't, check your configuration, or do it manually with 'git repack'.

I decided to look into this (git gc should also be doing this), and I think I figured out why it's such a consistent issue with git in particular. Running git gc does properly pack objects together and reduce inode count to something much more manageable. It's the same reason why the postgres autovacuum daemon tends to be borderline useless unless you retune it[0]: the defaults are barmy. git gc only runs if there's…

A few thousand files shouldn't be a problem to a program designed to scan entire drives of files. Even in a single folder and considering sloppy programs I wouldn't worry just yet, and git's not putting them in a single folder.

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by giancarlostoro »

Jolter wrote: post #20

To the author: please use a darker font. Preferably black. I’m only in my 40’s, I don’t require glasses (yet) and I have to actively squint to read your site on mobile. Safari, iPhone. I’m pretty sure you’re under the permitted contrast levels under WCAG.

I'm on my laptop and that font is too thin and too small. I'm in my mid 30's ;)

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by cowboylowrez »

ape4 wrote: post #169
azalemeth wrote: post #54

I guess the problem with Backblaze's business model with respect to Backblaze Personal is that it is "unlimited". They specifically exclude linux users because, well, we're nerds, r/datahoarders exists, and we have different ideas about what "unlimited" means. [1] This is another example in disguise of two people disagreeing about what "unlimited" means in the context of backup, even if they do claim to have "no rest…

Why don't they charge by the Gigabyte

I use them for the b2 bucket style storage where this happens. Its expensive per gig compared to the cost of a working personal unlimited desktop account. I like to visit their reddit page occasionally and its a constant stream of desktop client woes and stories of restoring problems and any time b2 is mentioned its like "but muh 50 terabytes" lol

Re: Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others

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Post by nstj »

As an FYI you can recover from force pushes to GitHub using the GitHub UI[0] or their API[1]. And if you force push to one of your own machines you can use the reflog[2]. [0]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/78872853 [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/48110879 [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/24236065
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