Unlimited backup for $50 per computer per year

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vrp vrp Premium join:2002-12-05 terra ·AT&T Southeast 1 edit	Unlimited backup for $50 per computer per year came across this news item while surfing ... ... might be of interest to some here ... $5 a month or $50 per year per computer. news here: »www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.ph···emid=110 direct link to site: »www.backblaze.com/ ------- edit (after checking their help section): Please do read their help section the same way you do for every other new website/service »www.backblaze.com/help.html ... specially #10 .
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Gemologist Premium join:2001-11-15 USA clubs:	Trust me, it is NOT unlimited. Nothing offering storage nor bandwidth is truly unlimited. I have no clue if they are actually any good or not, never used them. Just making sure folks know that unlimited doesn't mean "unlimited", lol. -- Images are Copyrighted and use is NOT permitted.
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ccallana Huh? Premium,VIP join:2000-08-03 Folsom, CA	reply to vrp I looked all over the site, couldn't find any language around "unlimited" - usually there is some sort of disclaimer, but I couldn't find one..... I'm sure there is some limit though... -- "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.... We are far too easily pleased." C.S. Lewis
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vrp vrp Premium join:2002-12-05 terra ·AT&T Southeast	reply to vrp on help page I did see some information regarding storage: »www.backblaze.com/help.html 10. How much data can I backup to Backblaze? You can backup as much as you wish. By default, we backup all of your personal files. Realistically, uploading at today’s cable or DSL speeds, it will take a long time to backup more than a few dozen gigabytes. . ... so that is what they mean by unlimited ...
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kewlkeed Grouch Premium join:2005-02-05 Knowlton, QC	reply to vrp Means very simply.... They ain't got a f****ing clue what they're doing. Nobody in that business in their right mind would ever say something like that. Stay away! Stay faaaar away, these guys won't be around for long, and if so, neither will your files. -- Justin - DSLR resident grouch and Mr Negativity TSI Fanboy - "Dontchya wish your 'net was hot like mine! Ohhh Dontchya!" Have a nice day!
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Mellow Premium join:2001-11-16 Salisbury, MD ·HostGator ·Cavalier Telephone	reply to vrp Either that or they are banking on more ISP's putting caps on net use, they might have guessed your everyday residential user on Comcast will only be able to upload 250 gigs / month at max or they are banking on alot of the users only uploading small amounts of data. Either way I would go with a more reputable company that gives more details. -- SurfingOC.com / GsdPhotography.com
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budmang @omcastbusiness.net	reply to vrp Appreciated the discussion here and just wanted to clarify. When we say "unlimited" we really mean it. Some of our customers are storing over 10 TB of data with us. Of course, we lose money on those customers, but on average, we make money. We don't assume that ISPs have caps (Comcast published their cap a while after we launched our service)...rather we assume most people have an amount of data that we can afford to backup. Over the last couple years that we have offered the service we have received great writeups by TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Cnet, US News, and hundreds of other sites (»www.backblaze.com/news.html). And if you are interested in learning how we can afford to offer this, a month ago we published our storage hardware design on our blog: »blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/pe···storage/. We hope you enjoy the service! Gleb Budman CEO, Backblaze
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nklb Premium join:2000-11-17 Ann Arbor, MI clubs:	reply to vrp No Linux support; not even worth considering.
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Mellow Premium join:2001-11-16 Salisbury, MD	reply to budmang Thanks for taking the time to come post that write up, it was very insightful on how you guys are building your business.
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ccallana Huh? Premium,VIP join:2000-08-03 Folsom, CA	reply to vrp I just read the blog on the servers... quite interesting how they take off the shelf components to build each storage system. Seems like they know what they are doing... Interesting business model... will have to watch this one. -- "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.... We are far too easily pleased." C.S. Lewis
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kewlkeed Grouch Premium join:2005-02-05 Knowlton, QC	reply to vrp That is some amazing stuff there. I gotta admit I take back my comments and eat them along with my foot. Awesome stuff there... And so much so I'm tempted to ask, where do I get one of these pods and will you ever make them commercially available? Such a thing would blow most JBOD, RAID, NAS, SAS units out of the water. I know I'd be first on the purchasing list for some of this stuff -- Justin - DSLR resident grouch and Mr Negativity TSI Fanboy - "Dontchya wish your 'net was hot like mine! Ohhh Dontchya!" Have a nice day!
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Gemologist Premium join:2001-11-15 USA clubs:	reply to vrp WOW, nice setup!! Now, the ultimate question, while you do state that it is actually unlimited, what about bandwidth caps? Almost ALL online backup solutions start capping your upload and download speeds after you hit a certain number, do you? -- Images are Copyrighted and use is NOT permitted.
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kewlkeed Grouch Premium join:2005-02-05 Knowlton, QC	reply to vrp With that kind of scalability... I doubt it. Do the math on it, and these guys have the scalability to basically do whatever they want provided they have the pipes to truck it in. I've never seen anything as well done as this asides from Google's own server builds... and I dare compare them as following the same innovative footsteps. I'm seriously asking (hopefully they check this post again) if these pods are commercially available. Similar to the Google appliances, these pods could have a massive use. -- Justin - DSLR resident grouch and Mr Negativity TSI Fanboy - "Dontchya wish your 'net was hot like mine! Ohhh Dontchya!" Have a nice day!
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Mellow Premium join:2001-11-16 Salisbury, MD ·HostGator ·Cavalier Telephone 1 edit	reply to vrp quote: Please note that because we’re not selling the design or the storage pods themselves, we provide no support nor warranties. They mentioned in that blog post that they will not sell the units and have provided all the info for you to build your own.
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JRSlater What's that smell? Premium join:2008-01-11 Martinsburg, WV	reply to budmang Wow! That is so cool! That would give me plenty of room for all my photos! -- »www.jrslaterphotography.com/
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ccallana Huh? Premium,VIP join:2000-08-03 Folsom, CA	reply to kewlkeed said by kewlkeed : I've never seen anything as well done as this asides from Google's own server builds... and I dare compare them as following the same innovative footsteps. I think this is better than what Google does because they publish the specs -- "We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.... We are far too easily pleased." C.S. Lewis
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Rich72 Premium join:2002-11-13 Colchester, CT	reply to vrp I've been using backblaze for a couple months and currently have about 38GB of data with them. VERY happy with the service, although I've only done some test restores and haven't actually "needed" their service yet - but I like knowing it's there and sucking my files over automatically. The client is geared towards the non-techie, as it defaults to pulling over most of your directories, so it takes a little time to tweak it by excluding directories you don't want to backup. (ex: I don't need to backup anything in the windows My Games folder) It would be great if they made an "advanced" version of the client where it starts by backing up nothing and you specifically tell it which folders to backup - instead of telling it what to NOT backup - but for the price and the fact it's automatic (and they store changed files) - I couldn't be happier with it. Rich
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Gemologist Premium join:2001-11-15 USA clubs:	reply to kewlkeed The drive setups would have little to do with bandwidth capping. -- Images are Copyrighted and use is NOT permitted.
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