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I'm going to ask the wrong question here, but... What files are >1TB? Raw video footage?

by tobyhinloopen 2y ago

vman81 2y ago
I'm guessing poorly configured log files?
eptcyka 2y ago
Disk images, archives.
earth-adventure 2y ago
Encrypted disk volumes from virtual machines for example.
- bifftastic 2y ago
  Backblaze does not back up disk images. It's a documented limitation. I just found this out the hard way.
  - baobabKoodaa 2y ago
    That can't be right. After all, "Backblaze automatically finds your photos, music, documents, and data and backs it up. So you never have to worry."
    - bifftastic 2y ago
      Actually to be fair on BB you can override this behaviour. But you have to know...
      - ykonstant 2y ago
        Can you share the know?
        justusthane 2y ago
        You just have to go into the preferences on the Backblaze client and adjust the exclusions. Mac: https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exclusions-mac https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exc... Windows: https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exclusions-windows https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exc...
        baobabKoodaa 2y ago
        Exactly. Just adjust the exclusions. See, you never have to worry. Backblaze automatically backs up all your data for you.
  - dataflow360 2y ago
    There are certain file types that are excluded by default, but you can adjust these in BB's Prefs. (Disclaimer: I'm a BB customer with 70TB backed up with them.)
    - notachatbot123 2y ago
      On what kind of plan?
      - Hamuko 2y ago
        Isn’t there just the one plan?
        MurkyLabs 2y ago
        no there's 2 from what I can see; there's the computer back up which is $99/year and then there's the b2 backup which is $6/TB/Month
        Hamuko 2y ago
        Those aren't different plans, they're different products. B2 is also not a backup product but an object storage product.
      - tobyhinloopen 2y ago
        BackBlaze allows "unlimited" backups for any drive attached to your PC. So if you have >=70TB on your machine...
  - chlorion 2y ago
    A disk image is just a file though. Does it do some sort of analysis of files and block disk images somehow? Maybe you mean that it doesnt do image-level backups by default?
    - fl0id 2y ago
      it doesn't do image level backups anyway. it just excludes certain file types by default, probably also cache directories as far as I remember
  - ktm5j 2y ago
    I wrote some code a while ago that gpg-encrypted zfs snapshots and stored them in backblaze b2.. Just because they don't have software that backs up disk images for you doesn't mean you can't make that happen yourself!
Symbiote 2y ago
I've handled scientific data sets of that size (per file).
baobabKoodaa 2y ago
VeraCrypt containers
TrackerFF 2y ago
With any GHz sampling system, you can rack up TB of data very fast if the system/your setup allows for it. Now imagine how much data the Large Hadron Collider can generate in a second.
bongripper 2y ago
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I'm going to ask the wrong question here, but... What files are >1TB? Raw video footage?

vman81 2y ago

I'm guessing poorly configured log files?

eptcyka 2y ago

Disk images, archives.

earth-adventure 2y ago

Encrypted disk volumes from virtual machines for example.

bifftastic 2y ago
Backblaze does not back up disk images. It's a documented limitation. I just found this out the hard way.
- baobabKoodaa 2y ago
  That can't be right. After all, "Backblaze automatically finds your photos, music, documents, and data and backs it up. So you never have to worry."
  - bifftastic 2y ago
    Actually to be fair on BB you can override this behaviour. But you have to know...
    - ykonstant 2y ago
      Can you share the know?
      - justusthane 2y ago
        You just have to go into the preferences on the Backblaze client and adjust the exclusions. Mac: https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exclusions-mac https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exc... Windows: https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exclusions-windows https://www.backblaze.com/computer-backup/docs/configure-exc...
        baobabKoodaa 2y ago
        Exactly. Just adjust the exclusions. See, you never have to worry. Backblaze automatically backs up all your data for you.
- dataflow360 2y ago
  There are certain file types that are excluded by default, but you can adjust these in BB's Prefs. (Disclaimer: I'm a BB customer with 70TB backed up with them.)
  - notachatbot123 2y ago
    On what kind of plan?
    - Hamuko 2y ago
      Isn’t there just the one plan?
      - MurkyLabs 2y ago
        no there's 2 from what I can see; there's the computer back up which is $99/year and then there's the b2 backup which is $6/TB/Month
        Hamuko 2y ago
        Those aren't different plans, they're different products. B2 is also not a backup product but an object storage product.
    - tobyhinloopen 2y ago
      BackBlaze allows "unlimited" backups for any drive attached to your PC. So if you have >=70TB on your machine...
- chlorion 2y ago
  A disk image is just a file though. Does it do some sort of analysis of files and block disk images somehow? Maybe you mean that it doesnt do image-level backups by default?
  - fl0id 2y ago
    it doesn't do image level backups anyway. it just excludes certain file types by default, probably also cache directories as far as I remember
- ktm5j 2y ago
  I wrote some code a while ago that gpg-encrypted zfs snapshots and stored them in backblaze b2.. Just because they don't have software that backs up disk images for you doesn't mean you can't make that happen yourself!

Symbiote 2y ago

I've handled scientific data sets of that size (per file).

baobabKoodaa 2y ago

VeraCrypt containers

TrackerFF 2y ago

With any GHz sampling system, you can rack up TB of data very fast if the system/your setup allows for it. Now imagine how much data the Large Hadron Collider can generate in a second.

bongripper 2y ago

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