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Year: 2023

Load Balancing 2.0: What’s Changed After 7 Years?

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Load balancing is, in short, the process of distributing traffic across a network. Read how Backblaze handles over two billion requests per day.

Published October 19, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured

NAS Performance Guide: How To Optimize Your NAS

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Network attached storage (NAS) is a great solution for data management, but it’s important to optimize performance. Let’s talk about how.

Published October 17, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, NAS Tagged B2Cloud

How to Manage Your Family’s Backups

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Backblaze Groups is useful beyond businesses. Here are some ideas about how to use it to get your family backing up.

Published October 12, 2023
Categorized as Backing Up, Featured Tagged ConsumerBackup

Overload to Overhaul: How We Upgraded Drive Stats Data

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Catch part two of Sr. Software Infrastructure Engineer David Winings’ Drive Stats data journey, where he upgrades data collection and shares his ideas about future improvements.

Published October 5, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Hard Drive Stats Tagged B2Cloud

The True Cost of Ransomware

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Cybercriminals’ ransom demands continue to rise, but these are just one part of the overall cost of a ransomware attack. Learn more about what’s driving the true cost of ransomware.

Published October 3, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Ransomware Tagged B2Cloud

AI 101: Do the Dollars Make Sense?

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Next up in AI 101: let’s talk about what it costs to build and use an AI.

Published September 28, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured Tagged AI/ML, B2Cloud

The SSD Edition: 2023 Drive Stats Mid-Year Review

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Read the SSD Edition: 2023 Drive Stats Mid-Year Review and share your thoughts in the comments.

Published September 26, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Hard Drive Stats Tagged B2Cloud

Big Performance Improvements in Rclone 1.64.0, but Should You Upgrade?

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Rclone just released v1.64.0, which includes updated multithreading implementation. See the details of the release, and how it works with Backblaze B2.

Published September 21, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Tech Lab Tagged B2Cloud

A Beginner’s Guide to External Hard Drives

Need a refresher on how to use your external hard drive? We’ve got you covered in this guide.

Published September 19, 2023
Categorized as Backing Up, Featured Tagged ConsumerBackup

Restore Like Never Before: Introducing Backblaze Computer Backup v9.0

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Backblaze version 9.0 features an all-new restore app and gets rid of file upload limits. Read the details here.

Published September 13, 2023
Categorized as Backing Up, Featured, Release Tagged ConsumerBackup

Drive Stats Data Deep Dive: The Architecture

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When Sr. Infrastructure Software Engineer David Winings was tasked with “cleaning up Drive Stats,” it was more complicated that it sounded. Read part one of his journey, in which he maps the Drive Stats data architecture.

Published September 7, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Hard Drive Stats Tagged B2Cloud

What’s the Diff: NAS vs. SAN

Network attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN) both provide dedicated storage solutions. Read this post to learn more about their differences and best uses for each.

Published September 6, 2023
Categorized as Backing Up, Featured, NAS, What's the Diff? Tagged ConsumerBackup

APIs for Media and Film: What You Need to Know

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APIs are the reason different tools and programs can “talk” to each other. Read this article to learn about how they work and why they matter for filmmakers.

Published August 31, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured Tagged B2Cloud

Backblaze + Qencode: Video Transcoding Made Simple

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Backblaze and Qencode’s expanded partnership delivers powerful media solutions to businesses of all sizes.

Published August 29, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Partner News Tagged B2Cloud

SSD 101: How to Upgrade Your Computer With an SSD

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Adding or upgrading an SSD is one of the most popular do-it-yourself computer projects. Read this post to learn more about why you would want to add an SSD and how to do it.

Published August 25, 2023
Categorized as Backing Up, Featured, Mac Love Tagged ConsumerBackup, SSD, SSD 101

Backblaze Product and Pricing Updates

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On October 3, 2023, Backblaze is making some updates and upgrades to our products and pricing. Read the full announcement here.

Published August 23, 2023
Categorized as Backblaze Bits, Backing Up, Cloud Storage, Featured Tagged B2Cloud

NAS Ransomware Guide: How to Protect Your NAS From Attacks

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With the continuing rise of ransomware attacks, it’s important to prepare every part of your tech stack. Let’s talk about some steps you can take to help protect your network attached storage (NAS) from ransomware attacks.

Published August 17, 2023
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, NAS, Ransomware

Welcome Chris Opat, Senior Vice President of Cloud Operations

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Welcome Chris Opat, Senior Vice President of Cloud Operations at Backblaze.

Published August 15, 2023
Categorized as Backblaze Bits, Backblaze News, Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Backblaze Bits Tagged B2Cloud

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