floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBackblaze 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 backupswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1342file-textcross-posted to: enshitification@slrpnk.net
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minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoLocal tape. If you need offsite, rotate tapes. If you need cloud, Amazon Glacier or equivalent (which are backed by tape, I assume).
minus-squarelepinkainen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoTape drives are expensive as fuck though. Before the storage wars it was cheaper to just build a second shitty NAS and backup there
Local tape. If you need offsite, rotate tapes. If you need cloud, Amazon Glacier or equivalent (which are backed by tape, I assume).
Tape drives are expensive as fuck though.
Before the storage wars it was cheaper to just build a second shitty NAS and backup there