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My simple rule still stands even after 20 years: Avoid Seagate.
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Backblaze software is pretty reasonable. But I have a linux machine, so restic and their B2 storage is a buck or two a month to backup a few computers in my house. (around 185GB of photos, etc)
>Backblaze software is pretty reasonable. Hard disagree. The jankiness of their software was what made me cancel my sub after several years. Firstly it doesn't follow the OS date and number formatting. It's a minor thing, but it's so annoying having to parse the dumb M/D/Y format and comma thousands separator etc (being da-DK). It's not a deal breaker, but on the other hand, it's such a low-hanging thing that most ot…
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Is there any backup software which continuously uploads your files to an AWS/GCP/Azure long term storage account that you control and pay for? Something like CrashPlan, which from time to time performs automatic maintenance and deletes old versions of files.
Arq backup. I have used it before in the past(2-3 years ago) but not using it currently.
Oddly, SpiderOak has been a background go-to for years and always worked smoothly for backing up everything I select in a wholesale way, keeping a fairly clear record of what was saved, removed or moved, and adjusting immediately to any file changes or deletes I do. The SO interface is shitty and often freezes, and lacks many basic features like being able to see file sizes or scrolling through long file lists easily, but at least overall, I can quickly and easily see when backups are happening, how they're being done and what's being saved. Also, for restoring files, it's surprisingly fast despite a reputation held by many that it's slow.
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HGST was bought by WD long ago. Has that had any impact on the types of drives sold or the quality?
>has that had any impact on the types of drives sold or the quality? No. To the point when WD tries to rebrand those drives away from HGST, the market demanded HGST and they brought it back a year later.
They already have a reputation of obfuscating information (SMR vs. CMR)
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Tons of choices: Restic, Borg, Duplicity, Kopia Though Backblaze is pretty good at what it does and you can set your own encryption key, if that's the concern.
Unfortunately Backblaze requires[1] you to provide them this private key to restore. [1] https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360038171794-Wh...
How to calculate low and high AFR ?
What? Isn't your Data Center supposed to be temperature controlled, where the A/C has a setpoint which it's keeping the entire environment to within a degree?
Being able to tell what season it is based on your HDD SMART temperature (armchair expert here) sounds bad.