[realo]

If I backup a file, I need to read that file. The rest is in the management layer underneath that file.

Seems simple enough to do for Backblaze, no?

[wtallis]

Do you really want Backblaze to ignore all the side effects of scanning through the entire contents a badly-designed network filesystem?

[realo]

What I actually want is not a backup. That is just an artefact of the process.

What i want is restores. The ability to restore anything from ideally any point back in time.

How that is achieved is not my concern.

Obviously Backblaze does not achieve that, today.

[wtallis]

> How that is achieved is not my concern.

You're dodging the question. Wanting to ignore the side effects does not mean they won't affect you.