We reveal the math and the assumptions behind Backblaze’s LTO vs B2 cloud storage calculator. You can download an Excel spreadsheet and try it yourself.
LTO Versus Cloud Storage Costs — the Math Revealed
By Andy Klein | December 4th, 2018
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Buying a Hard Drive this Holiday Season? These Tips Will Help
By Andy Klein | November 20th, 2018
If you’re buying a hard drive during the holidays, here are some tips from Backblaze to help you find the right drive at the right price.
Migrating from CrashPlan: Arq and B2
By Andy Klein | October 23rd, 2018
The author of Arq Backup, Stefan Reitshamer, explains how Arq plus B2 Cloud Storage provide a cost effective and efficient alternative to CrashPlan Home.
Hard Drive Stats for Q3 2018: Less is More
By Andy Klein | October 16th, 2018
As of September 30, 2018 Backblaze had 99,636 spinning hard drives in our data centers, which now includes a large number of 12 TB drives. Here’s our latest report on how they’re all doing, and a brief look at the direction we’ll be heading in the future.
Backblaze B2 API Version 2 Beta is Now Open
By Andy Klein | September 13th, 2018
Version 2 of the Backblaze B2 API brings a number of enhancements. While existing applications using version 1 of the API will continue to function as before with no changes required, we encourage developers to try out the version 2 beta and submit comments to us.
LTO versus Cloud Storage: Choosing the Model That Fits Your Business
By Andy Klein | September 4th, 2018
Cloud storage is now an affordable alternative to LTO for storing data. For many, a practical first step is to adopt a hybrid environment of LTO and cloud storage, which will reduce costs while maximizing LTO investment. We present the configuration options and the cost justification with an LTO vs cloud cost calculator.
How to Leverage Your Amazon S3 Experience to Code the Backblaze B2 API
By Andy Klein | August 30th, 2018
In a guest post, John Matze, founder of BridgeSTOR, outlines the differences for application developers between S3 and B2 APIs, and concludes that adding B2 support is not a major job.
Five Tips For Creating a Predictable Cloud Storage Budget
By Andy Klein | July 26th, 2018
Predicting your cloud storage costs should be easy, but 37% of IT executives found their cloud costs to be unpredictable. We provide five tips for creating a cloud storage forecast that you can rely on each and every month.