It seems like only yesterday that we crossed the 350 petabyte mark. It was actually June 2017, but boy have we been growing since. In October 2017 we crossed 400 petabytes. Today, we’re proud to announce we’ve crossed the 500 petabyte mark. That’s a very healthy clip, see for yourself! Whether you have 50 GB,… Continue reading 500 Petabytes and Counting
Year: 2018
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2017
Starting in 2013, Backblaze has recorded and saved daily statistics from all the hard drives in our data centers. As of the end of 2017, we had 93,240 spinning hard drives and 88 million statistical records totaling 23 GB of data. Here is the summary of our findings for 2017 based on that data.
Our Readers Respond on the Best Solution for Managing Digital Photos and Videos
This past November, we published a blog post entitled What’s the Best Solution for Managing Digital Photos and Videos? in which we asked our readers to tell us how they’re currently backing up their digital media assets and what their ideal system might be. Here are their responses.
Backblaze B2 Supports CORS for Cross Origin Resource Sharing
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage supports CORS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing), which allows B2 customers to share the content of their cloud-based buckets with web pages hosted in origins other than B2. In this post we show how to set up CORS for B2.
Cloud Babble: The Jargon of Cloud Storage
One of the things we in the technology business are good at is coming up with names, phrases, euphemisms, and acronyms for the stuff that we create. The Cloud Storage market is no different, and we’d like to help by illuminating some of the cloud storage related terms that you might come across. We know… Continue reading Cloud Babble: The Jargon of Cloud Storage
Early Challenges: Managing Cash Flow
Running out of cash is one of the quickest ways for a startup to go out of business. As a primarily bootstrapped but capital-intensive business, managing cash flow at Backblaze was and still is a key element of our success and requires continued focus. Let’s look at what we learned over the years.
Wanted: Junior Support Technician
This position has been updated on 08/30/2018 Backblaze is growing and as we grow we want to make sure that our customers are very well taken care of! One of the departments that grows along with our customer base is the support department, which is located in our San Mateo, California headquarters. Want to jump… Continue reading Wanted: Junior Support Technician
Connect Veeam to the B2 Cloud Using Synology
In this post we provide a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure a Synology NAS as a Veeam backup repository, and in turn use Synology’s CloudSync software to back up that repository to the B2 Cloud.
Wanted: Sales Engineer
Thank you for your interest, this position has been filled. Please visit our website to see: available listings. At inception, Backblaze was a consumer company. Thousands upon thousands of individuals came to our website and gave us $5/mo to keep their data safe. But, we didn’t sell business solutions. It took us years before we… Continue reading Wanted: Sales Engineer
Wanted: Datacenter Technician
As we shoot way past 400 petabytes of data under management we need some help scaling up our datacenters. We’re on the lookout for some datacenter technicians that can help us. This role is located near the Sacramento, California area. If you want to join a dynamic team that helps keep our almost 90,000+ hard… Continue reading Wanted: Datacenter Technician
12 B2 Power Tips for Experts and Developers
If you’ve been using B2 Cloud Storage for a while, you probably think you know all that you can do with it. But do you? We’ve put together a list of blazing power tips to take you to the next level.
Wanted: Staff Accountant
Updated 02/02/2018 As Backblaze continues to grow, we’re expanding our accounting team! We’re looking for a seasoned Fixed Asset Accountant to help us with fixed assets and equipment leases. Job Duties: Maintain and review fixed assets. Record fixed asset acquisitions and dispositions. Review and update the detailed schedule of fixed assets and accumulated depreciation. Calculate… Continue reading Wanted: Staff Accountant
Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.2
We’re pleased to start the year off the right way, with an update to Backblaze Cloud Backup, version 5.2! This is a smaller release, but does increase backup speeds, optimizes the backup client, and addresses a few minor bugs that we’re excited to lay to rest. What’s New Increased transmission speed of files between 30MB… Continue reading Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.2
12 B2 Power Tips for New Users
You probably know that B2 is Backblaze’s fast and economical general purpose cloud storage, but do you know everything that you can do with it?
If you’re a B2 newbie, here are some blazing power tips to help you get the most out of B2 Cloud Storage.