I'm wondering why Backblaze hasn't been moving toward cold storage? With a wait time on recovering/downloading files, I don't see an obvious reason why not. But I can see some cost and energy savings to be had.
Backblaze will keep versions of a file that changes for up to 30 days. However, Backblaze is not designed as an additional storage system when you run out of space. Backblaze mirrors your drive. If you delete your data, it will be deleted from Backblaze after 30 days.
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I'm wondering why Backblaze hasn't been moving toward cold storage? With a wait time on recovering/downloading files, I don't see an obvious reason why not. But I can see some cost and energy savings to be had.
Likely because they keep deleting stuff which is difficult in cold storage. They keep stuff for 30-days after you delete it.
https://www.backblaze.com/remote-backup-everything.html