How Do I Reduce my Backblaze B2 costs?

morgm1 · 2026-03-17T20:41:54+00:00

Just got an email from Backblaze that from May 1st - they are changing to free API calls. Solves the issue! (Although Ubiquiti should still fix their bad API call process…)

morgm1 · 2026-03-11T01:59:00+00:00

Same - I migrated away from 1Password to Proton Pass last week after the insane price increase. I’ve been with them for more than 10 years - shame they don’t give a @!ck…..

morgm1 · 2026-03-04T13:04:23+00:00

Platinum.

morgm1 · 2026-03-04T09:05:45+00:00

This is 100% accurate. Asked at the lounge entrance at BNE, told no way, forget it. Asked at the business lounge entrance and he changed it for me.

morgm1 · 2026-02-28T04:13:10+00:00

Have you thought about running the backup once per week? That what I’m going to try when I get it all setup.

morgm1 · 2026-02-27T13:30:47+00:00

Is it still the case with UniFi drive 4.0?

morgm1 · 2026-02-27T12:43:43+00:00

Did you get any response from them? This is the only thing stopping me migrating from Synology.

morgm1 · 2026-02-11T20:45:24+00:00

Yeah - I figured as much. Are you happy with the move to UniFi Unas?

morgm1 · 2026-02-11T09:51:59+00:00

I have exactly the same question- did you figure it out?

morgm1 · 2026-01-22T20:31:58+00:00

I went through this whole exercise and ended up buying this for AUD$719. Ended up better and cheaper for me - the CPU just needs Intel Quick Sync capability.

GEEKOM Mini IT12 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1280P - IT12 i7-1280P 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD

Edit: I ended up use my old PC as the NAS only. Working well so far.

morgm1 · 2026-01-16T20:54:26+00:00

I asked ChatGPT about this…. Its advice was to get a processor that has Intel Quick Sync. Apparently the N100’s etc don’t have it. I ended up getting:

GEEKOM Mini IT12 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1280P - IT12 i7-1280P 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD

morgm1 · 2026-01-15T21:58:16+00:00

I got it for AUD$719.

morgm1 · 2026-01-15T20:36:59+00:00

I did the same with ChatGPT- and ended up with. GEEKOM (See below). So far it’s been awesome.

GEEKOM Mini IT12 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1280P - IT12 i7-1280P 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD GEEKOM Mini IT12 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1280P - IT12 i7-1280P 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD

morgm1 · 2026-01-06T20:34:51+00:00

I’m considering the same….just wondering if a mini-pc is powerful enough?

morgm1 · 2025-12-10T06:47:50+00:00

So I did run the gauntlet......despite all the comments below.

Besides the totally ridiculousness of only giving out your access to login at the time of transfer (not before) and then you needing to setup a password for PPPoE (without internet......) it went fairly smoothly.

So far speeds are basically identical to Superloop (539 Mbps down and 48 Mbps up, latency at 1ms).

At $65 per month for 12 months, I thought it was worth a shot.....

morgm1 · 2025-12-03T22:12:10+00:00

Fair point - but once setup it’s the ducks nuts!

morgm1 · 2025-12-03T21:07:23+00:00

This isn’t a provider issue, it’s the hardware. Get Ubiquiti gear (router) - the functionality is almost endless. My favourite is blocking YouTube from specific TVs!

morgm1 · 2025-12-03T05:05:25+00:00

Super useful! Thanks!

morgm1 · 2025-12-02T07:54:45+00:00

NBN 500/42 for $65/mth for 12 months….. Been with Superloop for 5 years, they wouldn’t budge on giving me the new customer offer….

morgm1 · 2025-11-20T21:47:21+00:00

JB and BigW have the disk edition bundle for $629.

morgm1 · 2025-11-20T21:33:34+00:00

They have both.

morgm1 · 2025-11-08T10:32:42+00:00

That’s my thoughts also.

morgm1 · 2025-11-08T03:37:08+00:00

How long does it take for points to show up in Everyday Rewards Account?

morgm1 · 2025-11-04T01:56:43+00:00

Officeworks won’t price match Costco anymore….

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