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It's because the service is billed as a "backup" not as "cheap cloud storage".

If they allowed people to back up unlimited USB drives and networks shares, /r/datahoarder would be all up their business with 1PB storage.

This is why they limit it to only stuff you're actually using.

If you want generic cloud storage with infinite retention, they have B2



They mention in their docs that this is why they forbid (not limit) NAS. Afaik you could still connect as many 8TB USB drives to your machine.


Boot your windows machine using an iSCSI storage block supplied by your NAS. I’ve wondered if this would work with Backblaze or not. I don’t really care if I lose my plex media so I’ve never tried it.


And as long as you keep them connected regularly, they are backed up.

What you can't do is connect a 20TB USB drive, back it up and put it in your cupboard for a year and expect the data to still be there.


As is clearly stated in their FINEPRINT.

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