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Originally Posted by jyl
I've been trying to use a cloud backup service, Backblaze, to back up my home computer. What a disappointment. There are 750GB of data to back up. Backblaze has been uploading files for 7 days. There is still 524GB left to go. My free trial ends in 3 days.
I'm not sure if this is taking forever because the upload speed on my Comcast internet is only 5 Mbps (says Speedtest) or because Backblaze might throttle uploads. Not sure.
Anyone successfully using cloud backup for large-ish amounts of data?.
I religiously backup to external hard drives, but wanted a cloud backup in case my house burns down or gets burgled.
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Math.
750 GB of data assuming zero overhead, which is not realistic, at a solid 5 Mbps, we know it will vary, will take 80ish hours.
Now add overhead back in, call it 10%, latency between hops, unless you have an ethernet connection straight into the data center there are always hops, you are probably looking at 2 weeks give or take a day or two. The unknowns make it impossible to get an accurate number.
Also remember, not all data is the same. 1000 mb's of 100 10 mb files will take longer to copy than 1 1000 mb file. Think of it this way, what can you pick up faster, a single dollar bill or 100 scattered pennies.