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How do you know how often those files need to be backed up without reading them? Timestamps and sizes are not reliable, only content hashes. How do you get a co
by jonhohle 6mo ago
How do you know how often those files need to be backed up without reading them? Timestamps and sizes are not reliable, only content hashes. How do you get a content hash? You read the file.
- Dylan16807 6mo agoBackblaze already trusts the modification date.
- NetMageSCW 6mo agoIf timestamps aren’t reliable, you fall way outside the user that can trust a third party backup provider. Name a time when modification timestamp fails but a cloud provider will catch the need to download the file.