Lab cases
Device, byte counts, duration, failures. Numbers reconcile. Labeled as lab reconstructions.
No public cloud at all: a T7 disk in a lawyer setup
iPhone 16 Pro and Pixel 8a, 6,412 items, 31.8 GB, no COS/OSS/S3 keys filled. May 2026.
Pixel 8 to iPhone 16 through a bucket, 11,614 items
81.95 GB, 664 minutes, seven retried network errors, one broken MP4. April 2026.
iPhone 15 256 GB, iCloud full, 86.4 GB onto a 1 TB disk
18,432 items, 4 h 17 min, 23 names escaped, zero files lost. Lab log, March 2026.
Two phones, one Synology share, DSM 7
iPhone 14 Pro and Xiaomi 14, 15,767 items, 69.9 GB. Four session drops retried. Jan–Mar 2026.
214.7 GB: a year of S3 versus one USB disk
8 Mar 2026 list prices. S3 Standard about USD 59 / year. A 1 TB disk USD 54.99 once. Not a round marketing number.
Huawei Mate 60 OTG to a 1 TB stick, unplugged at 61%
8,359 items, 36.64 GB. Twelve temp files retried after a yank. February 2026.