My last two blog posts were about expected drive lifetimes and drive reliability. These posts were an outgrowth of the careful work that we’ve done at Backblaze to find the most cost-effective disk drives. Running a truly unlimited online backup service for only $5 per month means our cloud storage needs to be very efficient and we need to quickly figure out which drives work.
Year: 2014
A Burger With a Side of Spreadsheets, To Go
“The Mac died,” my wife sighed into the phone. I wasn’t surprised. First, the dead Mac was our seven year old iMac computer, which had worked flawlessly the entire time. And second, I was traveling for business and things always seem to “break” when I am on the road. It was Sunday night. I had… Continue reading A Burger With a Side of Spreadsheets, To Go
Backblaze Release 2.3.1
Release Date: 7/30/13 Version: 2.3.1 Auto-Update: Yes, 12/13/13 2.3.0 was a very successful release, including many performance enhancements. We’ve refined a few more things with 2.3.1, and are auto-updating all users to this version. Windows and Mac: Decrease memory usage in certain corner cases Improved support for double byte characters in computer name Backblaze Downloader… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.3.1
Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores
Editor’s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files—explore ways to recover your data here. 2014 is upon us and in keeping with our January tradition of giving little New Year’s gifts… Continue reading Doubling Down on USB Flash Drive Restores