![]() ![]() ![]() Plus I’d then also have to make a copy and truck that somewhere off-site on the regular to truly protect what I had. ![]() Let alone having to do that manually every week! Just trying to find all that stuff and drag it onto a portable drive would be a pain. I’d have to figure out where everything important was, then find a way to organize it or back up the entire sweaty mess as-is. Important files were scattered across multiple hard drives, lurking in folders across the digital Savannah.īacking up for me would be no simple matter. Over the years my work and files had spread across two laptops and two PCs. Oh, I had many excuses for why it wasn’t. It will not shock you that my own backup regime was not so robust. This protects you against data loss from a single failed hard drive or computer, as well as covering you in the event your home or business is suddenly on fire, under water, or occupied by enemy belligerents. It states you should have three copies of your data, two of which are on different devices locally, and one more which lives off-site. It’s simple, straightforward, and covers you in the event of a wide range of disasters. Industry standards have moved on, but backup evangelists used to swear by the 3-2-1 rule. Here’s my story on what I lost, what I managed to hang on to, and how I’d recommend you approach backups starting today.īest Practices “ A stack of HDDs” by Ervins Strauhmanis Then, when disaster struck, I predictably lost greatly. In reality, for many of us, it’s just another thing on that list of things we really ought to be doing but never quite get around to. It’s such a simple thing on paper – making a copy of important files and putting them in a safe place. Personally, I have about 10TB of data stored on Backblaze from one of my computers, and with recent performance increases, I certainly won’t be leaving any time soon.Backing up. The price increases of Backblaze have also hardly exceeded inflation. Miners have been buying up hard drives and SDDs, despite the limited profitability of Chia mining.īackblaze explains the change and their justification in more detail in a blog post. ![]() Chia is a cryptocurrency, similar to Bitcoin, but rather than relying on processing power to earn them, it relies on storage space. The email references supply chain costs, and hard drive prices have been increasing this year, at least in part as a result of Chia mining. In this instance, the price changes make sense. This price increase mirrors a change that occurred just over two years ago when the monthly price increased from $5 to $6. Current Backblaze customers are also able to purchase an extra year at the lower price. Regardless of the number of hard drives connected to your computer and the amount of data stored on them, unlimited remote backup is only $7 per month.Īnyone hoping to start backing up your files (as you should if you don’t want to lose data) before the price increase can do so before August 16th when the changes take effect. While this change may be disappointing, it is unsurprising given the unlimited nature of the single computer backup plan. The previous $6/month plan is increasing to $7/month, yearly is increasing from $60 to $70, and the $110 two year plan is going to $130. While plan prices will jump next month, Backblaze is giving customers a chance to lock in existing prices for up to two years. In an email sent to customers today, Backblaze announced that they will be increasing the cost of its unlimited Mac backup plan. ![]()
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