How much space can I backup using dropbox backup?

[summerdown]

I've been reading the help files relating to dropbox backup and I'm not quite understanding the limits. Hopefully someone here can give me an answer:

How big an external drive can I save to dropbox backup?

I have a paid version of dropbox (which I think allows me to use backup). This paid version gives me 2Tb of dropbox storage. 

However, my external drive is 10Tb. Can I back it up?

a) Yes, because the external drive backup works separately and 10Tb for one drive is ok?

or

b) No, because it uses the dropbox limit of 2Tb, and my drive is too big?

[Mark · Accepted solution]

Hi @summerdown 

The size of backup is restricted to your quota

[summerdown]

Thank you for replying so quickly.

It was this page: https://help.dropbox.com/plans/dropbox-backup-plan that was confusing me. In one part it says you can backup "as much as you need," but it wasn't clear whether that meant "up to the quota."

It's disappointing that I can't backup my 10Tb drive, but I guess it is what it is. Thank you for letting me know.

[Mark]

There is, or at least was, a separate backup plan which was independent of the Dropbox plans.... but can I heck as like find it now?! So I'm wondering if it was while Backup was in beta and now its been axed.