

The last 45 minutes of that video are an total and complete explanation of why this is an "append only" format and why it cannot possible shrink. The first 14 minutes are an introduction for new Backblaze employees as to what products Backblaze offers. If you want to watch a 45 minute explanation of this format, of how Backblaze works, you can watch that here: (start at time offset 14 minutes). By definition that literally isn't possible, it cannot "shrink" the history of what occurred, so the result is "Safety Freeze". That's it, that's the magic, that's the mystery. If it "shrinks", that results in a "Safety Freeze". This complete history of every single solitary thing that occurred in your laptop is so incredibly important to Backblaze, that it can never "shrink". The "-" sign (minus sign) means that file was removed from your local laptop.

The "+" sign (plus sign) means that file was added to your backup.Ī little while later, you if you delete that file from your local laptop, Backblaze doesn't delete the original line, this is SUPER IMPORTANT, Backblaze appends an additional line saying this: - C:\pictures\puppy.jpg If you backup a new file, there are extremely important files inside of Backblaze Personal Backup which get one new line appended saying: + C:\pictures\puppy.jpg Safety Freeze is if it gets smaller (which is totally impossible). Backblaze Personal Backup is a log based format, what occurs in your backup is an "append-only" format, it can only get larger. Safety Freeze is highly mis-understood, and COMPLETELY simple. I'm almost giddy with anticipation of having this issue go away forever. We're literally weeks away from a silent solution to this issue.
PARALLEL FOR WINDOWS 10 IS FROZEN CODE
Disclaimer: I work at Backblaze and wrote all the code that Safety Froze your backup.
