[SOLVED] Is this bull?

[nbartolo7]

Backblaze Is A SCAM

He seems legit. IT background and stuff. Thoughts?

 

[USAFRet]

Instead of us having to watch that whole thing, why don't use summarize why you think BackBlaze may or may not be a scam.

 

[nbartolo7]

He says, that it's a major resource hog for the system. Didn't know that. Apparently you can only pause it or otherwise do manual backup, but then you may forget to turn it back on. He also says that they delete your data after a while that the drive has been disconnected, even though you are still paying. I get that it may be because they cannot hold so much data on their servers but, it sucks a little.

 

[USAFRet]

He says, that it's a major resource hog for the system. Didn't know that. Apparently you can only pause it or otherwise do manual backup, but then you may forget to turn it back on. He also says that they delete your data after a while that the drive has been disconnected, even though you are still paying. I get that it may be because they cannot hold so much data on their servers but, it sucks a little.

Well, if you have it set to automatically continuously sync...it may well suck up more resources than is desirable.

I don't use it, so I don't know.

Just remember..."the cloud" is simply someone elses PC or server.
Act accordingly.

 

[dwd999]

Backblaze Is A SCAM

He seems legit. IT background and stuff. Thoughts?

Watched the video and read the following comments. This seems to be another case of a user who does not wish to either follow the service's recommended procedures or pay the extra amount that would be necessary for the level of service the user demands.

 

[USAFRet]

Watched the video and read the following comments. This seems to be another case of a user who does not wish to either follow the service's recommended procedures or pay the extra amount that would be necessary for the level of service the user demands.

Very relevant comment on that video:
"so your problem is a user configuration error. "

 

[nbartolo7]

Thanks guys

 

[DSzymborski]

Yeah, software that's constantly monitoring for backup is going to have a cost in resources. Crashplan uses quite a bit of RAM as well (about 4 TB of crucial data on one of my file servers also goes into the cloud), which is why it's running on the server rather than my main rig.

Robust software requires resources to run. That's not saying Backblaze is perfect -- I don't personally use that -- but the video maker here doesn't really present much of an argument. For example, direct comparisons of resources for software doing identical tasks may have made the point. Mostly just seems like someone who got pissed off at Backblaze.