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Year: 2025

Backblaze Drive Stats for 2024

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The 2024 Year End Drive Stats Report is here. See the the latest annualized failure rates and data insights for the Backblaze drive fleet.

Published February 11, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage, Hard Drive Stats Tagged B2Cloud

The Philadelphia Eagles Make Real-Time Content Production a Reality

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Cloud-based storage technologies can help media teams create distributed, scalable workloads while maximizing budget. See how the Philadelphia Eagles used Backblaze B2 for their media workflows.

Published February 6, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage, Media Workflow Tagged B2Cloud, DAM, M&E, MAM

AI Reasoning Models: OpenAI o3-mini, o1-mini, and DeepSeek R1

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Reasoning models: What are they? And which ones should you care about?

Published February 5, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged AI, AI/ML, B2Cloud

12 Best Practices for Disaster Recovery

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Downtime after disaster can be costly. Here are twelve best practices to consider when developing and reviewing your disaster recovery plan.

Published January 28, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged Disaster recovery/DRaaS

Building an AI Agent with Backblaze B2, LangChain, and Drive Stats

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Pat Patterson uses Drive Stats data to demonstrate how to build and test your own AI agent.

Published January 22, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage, Tech Lab Tagged AI/ML, B2Cloud

Video Surveillance Storage in the Cloud

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Storing video surveillance data comes with a unique set of needs. Let’s talk about what they are and how to effectively integrate with the cloud.

Published January 16, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged B2Cloud

Disaster Recovery 101: Hot vs. Warm vs. Cold DR Sites

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The ideal disaster recovery site depends on your organization’s budget, risk tolerance, and RTOs. Learn how to pick the right temperature to meet your needs.

Published January 14, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged B2Cloud

AI for Enterprise: Getting Started

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AI is here to stay. Let’s talk through how to get started with AI in your business.

Published January 9, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged AI/ML, B2Cloud

Backblaze Adds Canadian Region, Expanding Location Choices and Data Sovereignty Options

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Backblaze’s Canadian data region is now live to better serve customers in the Canadian market and around the world.

Published January 7, 2025
Categorized as Cloud Storage, Featured, Featured-Cloud Storage Tagged B2Cloud

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