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Re:Permanent.org – Nonprofit, secure cloud storage by kennydude on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:04AM (#22945084)
Don't forget B2 involves putting that data onto multiple hard-drives and ensuring it isn't lost. What if that single disk were to be lost? You're paying Backblaze to ensure that GB can be accessed in the future
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Re:Permanent.org – Nonprofit, secure cloud storage by cbg0 on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @09:27AM (#22945295)
> What if that single disk were to be lost?

This was a cost analysis, mostly for those that can't afford B2. You can buy two drives for the cost of a year at Backblaze and have N+1 redundancy.

> You're paying Backblaze to ensure that GB can be accessed in the future

No doubt, which is why I prefaced this with "If you don't need to have your data in the cloud".

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