Brian Beach

Brian has been writing software for three decades at HP Labs, Silicon Graphics, Netscape, TiVo, and now Backblaze. His passion is building things that make life better, like the TiVo DVR and Backblaze Online Backup.

Backblaze Vaults: Zettabyte-Scale Cloud Storage Architecture

June 18, 2019

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Backblaze Open-sources Reed-Solomon Erasure Coding Source Code

June 16, 2015

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Reliability Data Set for 41,000 Hard Drives Now Open-source

February 4, 2015

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Backblaze Drive Stats for Q4 2014 | Hard Drive Failure Rates

January 21, 2015

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Analyzing Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T. Stats: A Look at Drive Health

November 12, 2014

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Hard Drive Reliability Update: Our September 2014 Report

September 23, 2014

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What Is a Safe Hard Drive Temperature Range? Does It Matter?

May 12, 2014

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What Hard Drive Should I Buy? A Guide to the Most Reliable Drives

January 21, 2014

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Enterprise Hard Drive Reliability: A Look at Data Center Performance

December 4, 2013

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