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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by rsync on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @04:38PM (#11483366)
"You need to keep them connected periodically otherwise if you lose it without reconnecting... lost. For backblaze it's even less time."

No way. What ?

You're saying that if I dutifully pay my $X/mo for unlimited backup space, but fail to connect, or perform an update, the remote data is removed ?

What ?

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by Strom on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @07:48PM (#11484580)
Yeap, most if not the overwhelming majority of backup services work like that. Some like Mozy have as low as a 30 day counter. [1]

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[1] At least they had that 30 days limit a few years ago, I haven't used them in a while.

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Re:Arq 5: Massively faster backup and restore for Mac and Wi... by rsync on Saturday April 16, 2016 @11:17PM (#11513350)
Well, I know one that doesn't work like that :)
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