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"You need to keep them connected periodically otherwise if you lose it without reconnecting... lost. For backblaze it's even less time." No way. What ? You'r

by rsync 11y ago

"You need to keep them connected periodically otherwise if you lose it without reconnecting... lost. For backblaze it's even less time." No way. What ? You're saying that if I dutifully pay my $X/mo for unlimited backup space, but fail to connect, or perform an update, the remote data is removed ? What ?

Strom 11y ago
Yeap, most if not the overwhelming majority of backup services work like that. Some like Mozy have as low as a 30 day counter. [1] -- [1] At least they had that 30 days limit a few years ago, I haven't used them in a while.
- rsync 11y ago
  Well, I know one that doesn't work like that :)