When you’re organizing big data within an object storage bucket, there are a few powerful tools you can start using today.
Backblaze Drive Stats for Q1 2023
Read the Q1 2023 Drive Stats report, and join the conversation in the comments.
How to Back Up WordPress
Whether you’re blogging about flowers or running a business, WordPress is a powerful tool to build your website. Here’s how to back up your WordPress site.
How Long Should You Keep Backups?
When you’re designing your backup strategy, an important foundational question is how long you need to retain your backups. Let’s talk about some of the things that might help you answer that question.
Backblaze Is 16!
Backblaze started with a dream about easy online backup 16 years ago. Here are some highlights from our journey.
How To Do Bare Metal Backup and Recovery
When you’re looking to restore a computer as quickly as possible, backing up files alone is not enough. Bare metal recovery leverages image-based backups to restore everything on your computer including your operating system, system files, programs, and more.
10 Stories From 10 Years of Drive Stats Data
Ten years ago today, we started tracking Drive Stats data. Here are a few stories from along the way.
A Tale of Two NAS Setups, Part Two: Managing Media Files
If you’re any kind of computer user, you know that data only grows over time. If you’re in media and entertainment, though, it seems like it happens overnight (even when you thought you finally had enough storage). Here’s how adding cloud storage to your NAS setup can help.
What “Dead to Me” Taught Us About 3-2-1 Backup
It’s not often you can bring together a hit Netflix TV show and a good backup strategy. Read on to see what Dead to Me taught us about a good 3-2-1 backup strategy.
Extended Maintenance Window for US West Data Center
On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at 8:00 a.m. PT (4:00 p.m. UTC), we’ll be performing planned maintenance on a data center in our U.S. West data region. We do not anticipate any service impacts outside of what customers typically experience during our standard scheduled maintenance.
World Backup Day: Backing Up by the Numbers
It’s World Backup Day! Join us in celebrating by reading about some of our favorite Personal Backup trends and facts.
Building Your (Digital) Go Bag
When you live in a world where natural disasters can strike quickly and be devastating, it’s important to know what things you can do to prepare. Here’s your checklist of important documents to have at the ready—and don’t forget to digitize what you can.
Object Storage for Film, Video, and Content Creation
Traditionally, one of the biggest challenges in filmmaking and content creation has been storage. Now, cloud object storage has opened up new possibilities. Read on to learn more.
A Tale of Two NAS Setups, Part One: Easy Off-Site Backups
A network attached storage (NAS) device is a great tool in your 3-2-1 backup strategy toolkit. In this article, Vinodh talks about how he set up his home NAS device for redundant backups and remote access to files.
Virtual vs. Remote vs. Hybrid Production
Media workflows have changed—for the better. Let’s discuss the differences between remote, virtual, and hybrid production, and how to leverage cloud-friendly workflows and make your team more efficient.
The SSD Edition: 2022 Drive Stats Review
Welcome to the SSD Edition of the 2022 Annual Drive Stats Reports. Check out the data and let us know what you think in the comments.
Work Smarter With Backblaze and Quantum H4000 Essential
Integrate Backblaze and Quantum for simple media workflows, remote collaboration, and seamless content archiving to the cloud.
Backblaze Joins the CDN Alliance
Backblaze joins the CDN Alliance, a community of industry leaders focused on ensuring that the content delivery network (CDN) industry is evolving in a way that best serves businesses distributing content of every type around the world.