What seems to be the culprit, according to this forum thread, is the sheer number of files I've selected for backup—over 4.5 million
Not a problem. Have no issues with
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Haha, that's nothing,
Wow. That's a ton of files. Do you need to back all of them up? Wondering if excluding them from the backup might make a difference.
I have never run out of memory with Backblaze, but have only a handful of files > 100 GB. Happens nightly with Carbonite. If I pause the Carbonite backup and then resume it memory is cleared.