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 Total storage used including static things is about 51GB.
 
-Backup drive is a 2TB large HDD, currently filled with about 280GB of backups.
+Backup drive is a 2TB large HDD, currently filled with about 280GB of backups. This drive is physically unpowered when no backup is being taken.
 
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