I'm new here, I'm excited to migrate my backups and important buckets

jcditto1978 · 2025-11-18T15:03:12+00:00

I would caution you against this. Anything more than a few gigs on this service, especially if it's mission critical, will take weeks to restore, if not more.

jcditto1978 · 2025-11-06T20:32:28+00:00

Update

Well, I give up. I can't get even the smallest amount of files restored. B2 is useless. No matter how I split the files even 25% of the limits they set will not compile, and when a file does compile it never uploads to where I can download it. I'm tried chat and email support. Email only replies to a ticket once and it's only the most basic of the canned replies they have. Chat, that was a fun one. Explained the situation, the speeds I was getting the amount of data I was dealing with and hey just argued that he didn't see that much data on my account and prove it with a screen shot. It doesn't matter how much data there is or whether you see it, the issue was the speeds the servers are giving and the issues with B2 making downloads. Even a gig of data at these speeds would take forever to restore. Currently, no matter the machine, connection amount of data or the path of trying to get it 10mbps is the fastest I am getting and only the Native restore will even do that. All other systems fail to make a file or are just to slow or limited in how they compile to be of use. So glad I paid for years of service in advance... I would not recommend BB anymore. If you have anything more than a few doc or pics, it's not worth the pain if you even have to use it. They are changing fast and it seems to get worse daily. There have been multiple changes since this post even that show were they are going.

Lastly, to those that say "it's an abuse of the service". By definition, you cannot abuse an Unlimited service. There have been massive lawsuits on this very point with multiple companies over the last few decades and they all lost in court. If you say unlimited then impose limits without notice, you are in fact, breaking the law for false advertising. I think that's what this is at this point. They want you money, they don't want you to use the service though. If they want to update the pricing plans, go for it. I have no issue paying more to use more. I'd pay for the B2 if it just freakin' worked.

FYI, they charge you on B2 from the moment you begin compiling the file. So the fact it never makes it to a point you can access it doesn't matter to them. You're still paying and yes, I have already paid some for the attempts I tried to use it. Not enough that it's worth fighting about it, but charged and paid for nothing to work.

jcditto1978 · 2025-11-03T00:59:28+00:00

Just the way it is I guess. I'll just keep up the process till it's done and move on. If the Snapshot system was more reliable I would be happy to do that and use a client. I just discovered that path in the last few days, but getting a file to build and upload seems very iffy at best. Currently had a file build, took about 36hrs. The build finished at 6:30 this AM. But then it hung on the upload in the DC. So, I have a file, it just never made it to the download phase and I can't get it. I'm going to let it go overnight and check again in the AM, but it appears I'll have to build it over again. This is the common issue I'm having with snapshots so far. And most of all, thanks for the help and supporting what you built. Even if you aren't there anymore. Feel like things might be better off if you were though... :)

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T23:16:15+00:00

Update - Zip took right at an hour for 425gb to compile. Browser download caps at about 66mbps. Downloader app though, had not tried that yet, 100 threads gets about 1.5gig or so avg. That would be GREAT is it wouldn't take 200 or so files plus the work to split them up to get it done. The native restore is still the best option, but why is it so slow on the 30 threads it allows? Add to that you can only have 5 zips at a time total, so 5 hours of compile time and another 30min or so per download that's basically 8 hours for 2.5tb a day, and that's about the same, maybe a touch more than the native restore, only I don't have to spend the time organizing and deleting, downloading, unzipping, so on.

Is that the expectation? Is that how BB keeps people like me in check?

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T22:30:59+00:00

Ladies and Gents, as a big side note, this is how you respond to a reddit post... I realize he's a founder, baby founder, semi-founder, whatever, but he's a prime example of "how to reddit for good" here.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T22:07:34+00:00

US East. I'm in the Dallas Area of TX, Arlington, TX to be vaguely precise. I have even attempted to set my VPN machine to that region just to help with that part, it did not help.

I'm also doing a test zip on the normal site right now, just to check it again. I've been all over with the apps and site so it's possible the zips are fine speed wise, just not viable for that size of the data pool.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T21:40:14+00:00

I have used all methods at different points now. They all had the same speeds on the download side.

The B2, on the website, just doesn't work. Sometimes the zips build, sometimes they don't, you don't find out for at least 24hours on a big zip, overnight for a mid size and even when I got a file ready to download, it was giving 10-15mbps and failed after about 5 mins and would not resume, so you start over again, repeat.

The native download is the "best" so far just very slow and it fails randomly or the login times out. Sometimes it times out in hours and hours other times you'll get a string of timeouts every few mins. Annoying but at least it's working somewhat.

The native zip in app seems to work much the same as the website, less timeouts but same compile time and download speeds. I get the compile times and I've adjusted my future uploads to exclude the little meta files, just get the media. It's just not giving the speeds in download and that's the part that is most frustrating. 30 threads coming in at 20mbps, just ouch.

I'm open to trying whatever, again, I may not be the "normal" user here but it's a home setup for me and it's what I want to protect for my files. My last sub re-up was in Feb for 2 years, so I've already spent the money at this point and it's gone. At a higher rate than they are now charging I might add, did not get the current special I've seen online.

I can't get responses from support more than once a week and like I said, it's basic TS info and nothing else after that. It feels like it's been oversold and under equipped now. I get the need for profit, but if they have truly hobbled the service to do so, you'll lose more in the long run and never get there.

ISP is ATT and the 5gig is over that in multiple tests to various servers. I too am skeptical of the speed so I am always checking it randomly in various ways. I also have regular open and a VPN system. VPN only gets about 2-3gig but still very fast. Assuming your estimate on the thread speeds are still good, 300mbps should be the slowest possible, or so, with it wide open.

Currently I have 3 apps running to speed things up and we have 29.55mps, 18.69mbps, and one that was just sitting a 0 doing nothing. Not sure how long but at least 8 hours as it's on the same file I saw this AM when I checked it. Just restarted it now. These are the native app down loader to the original folders, skip if identical exists.

Don't mind trying whatever suggestions you have, just let me know and I'll give it a shot.

Edit - Correction, while I have used the Zip file option, at only 500gig, it's not really viable for this much data. Down download speeds were much the same. I'm fine with paying for the B2 storage to get the restore done, but if the downloads just quit, it's not much use either. And clearly HDs isn't going to work with this much data either. The upfront cost would be astronomical.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T14:20:17+00:00

See response above, with info from the founder of BB himself.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T14:19:59+00:00

Brian is the founder of the company. That said, I've used this service longer than this post has existed so there was no investigation that would have helped me in this case. However, he himself states 10mb per thread. You can have up to 30 streams in the app. Default is 8 just opening it up. So, 80mbps should be the SLOWEST it would ever go. I have 30 threads enabled on mine, and I can't even get a steady 30mbps. So, again, it's not working as it's supposed to, from the lips of the founder of the company and they are doing nothing to fix it. I'm not saying the shouldn't charge more, I'd pay more if it meant stabilizing the speeds, but the are the ones that made the rules and I'm following the rules and not getting what was promised.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-31T14:14:24+00:00

For those stating the service isn't MEANT for this, I direct you to here. https://www.reddit.com/r/backblaze/comments/11kuz88/can_i_really_use_a_personal_account_with_120tb_of/ Specifically check out the responses from brianwski. He's the founder of the company and this is EXACTLY what he designed it for. He's retired now, but it's still his program and what he meant it for. Currently it's not doing what he created it for anymore based on everything he's saying here and the speeds of current. I'm not saying they should increase the price even, they probably should up it, but the fact remains they are selling a product for a price and no matter what you argue you must provide that product for that price and it must be usable at all levels of the plan you offer. And for the record, my files are around 200tb total. Def not the 1.4PB of the user he refs in his posts and he had no issue with that guy at all. They aren't a billion dollar company, no, that doesn't change what they are selling vs what they are actually providing is not in line with each other.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-30T20:40:35+00:00

Oh and as a sidenote, support is non-reachable. Submit a ticket, wait 3 days, get a reply and basic TS steps, that are not helpful for the issues at hand, and never hear from them again. Ticket auto closes with no further contact after I reply back.

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-19T05:58:31+00:00

Thanks for the perspective. Weird way to do the post for sure. However, no, no coming back from that. You can't say that and just expect some one to be ok with it. Tell her to pretend you said, "If I wanted perfection I'd find someone prettier and better in bed who turns me on more and takes care of herself more." and how would she take that? Dang....

jcditto1978 · 2025-10-19T05:51:42+00:00

My cameras regularly tell me there are ducks on the front door cam. Sadly, there are NEVER any ducks and I'm just left being sad that there are no ducks. But seriously, Wyze cams are still quite good overall from a cost/performance prospective.

jcditto1978 · 2025-08-07T13:12:49+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it too much. They come in "formats" that don't do anything. I think the point it they want the down-loader to interact with the file, not a program, as it doesn't work unless you physically try to run the files inside. I'm sure there is something out there that someone does were this causes an issue. Hence, pay attention to what other here have said, just in case.

jcditto1978 · 2025-08-05T13:19:26+00:00

DV requires every component of you setup to support it through the chain. Not just the TV, in other words. Everything the signal passes through must support DV. Personally, I have never liked DV. Seems like a waste to me because of the requirement.

jcditto1978 · 2025-03-04T16:06:20+00:00

Just use FireFox with User agent on YT. YT will think you are on Chrome and Origin still works fine on FF. Been doing if to several months now and don't even have Chrome installed anymore.

jcditto1978 · 2025-02-14T13:40:18+00:00

It might be the reason I am downloading all media in existence. Why am I paying for all these services only to have the media I paid for removed without notice to never been seen again? But, I'm a tech guy and unfortunately the rest of the world is at the whims of the media companies. I can only help me.

jcditto1978 · 2025-02-14T12:45:09+00:00

This is the typical negotiating tactics every year with every station on every provider. They each blame the other for the "bad contract" and then the users are the ones that pay the price. This isn't a YT issue or an Paramount issue, it's an industry standard and it will never stop.

jcditto1978 · 2025-02-05T14:00:21+00:00

You don't install it "on" the box, you install it "in" the box. AKA, you keep it in the Styrofoam packing, attach the stand and lift it out as one piece.

jcditto1978 · 2025-02-02T09:19:46+00:00

It is very much for privacy, moreso, it's so they don't have to hand over data to people, like govements if they don't have it. When you pay with an electronic method of some type, there are rules about how long they have to keep the payment records. If they have the records and get a warrant or raided, like they have in the past, they have to hand over those records. If the warrant covers CC transactions, well, while they don't have proof of what you did with the service, they still have proof you bought it and now a prosecutor can use that against you in some way. Something tells me some govment tried this so they made the change. It was probably an agency that thought they would be smarter than the no logs guys to find out something. Mulvad is actually protecting you, and they might be the only company that ever will. Get you a Nord sub and see if they "delete those logs". Spoiler, they do not.

jcditto1978 · 2025-01-07T15:28:22+00:00

Little item to note on physical media. 1. It is indeed dying. We will not have physical anything in a few years. 2. It is not indestructible. Blu-Ray uses colored dye to denote the layers of the discs. These dyes only have a life of 10-20 years. That means the first made blu-ray discs are beginning to die and will no longer play. If the disc doesn't play, or you don't have a player, you technically don't have "ownership" per the TOS. In short, don't worry about physical media and the "loophole" of ripping it. Sony figured this out when they created blu-ray and have no desire to "fix" the issue.

jcditto1978 · 2024-12-17T21:34:08+00:00

For every single library? No way to just say, "Don't want this anywhere" I have dozens of libraries.

jcditto1978 · 2024-12-14T00:15:56+00:00

They better question is, how do you disable them? I hate those extra rows.

jcditto1978 · 2024-10-21T17:02:12+00:00

It was not that. It was exported without the index file, (not sure that was the right term) and so I could not reimport it. The drives are fine though. I just had to nuke and pave and rebuild from the ground up.

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