Customers have often told us that they’d love a way to save data directly from their Backblaze Computer Backup account to B2 Cloud Storage. We’re happy to announce that with the 6.0 update, users can now save Snapshots directly to B2 from their backup account and retain the Snapshots for as long as they wish.
Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2018
We look at the hard drive failure rates for the data drive models in operation in our data centers in 2018 (now totaling over 750 petabytes and 100,000 drives). In addition, we’ll see how the new hard drive models we added during the year did, including our 12 TB HGST and 14 TB Toshiba drives.
Backblaze Cloud Backup v6.0: Larger Longer Faster Better
This release for consumers and businesses brings a lot of new functionality to Backblaze Cloud Backup: Restore by Mail drives that are twice the size, archiving with Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, up to 50% faster backups, and a network blocklist feature to help avoid data caps. All that plus more efficient and performant Mac and Windows applications along with mobile enhancements and SSO support with Google.
Welcome Janet: Sr. Product Marketing Manager
As the Backblaze team grows, our marketing team is growing with it. To help expand our Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage business we needed some industry veterans, and we were lucky when Janet came on board! Lets learn a bit more about Janet shall we? What is your Backblaze Title? Senior Product Marketing Manager, B2 Media… Continue reading Welcome Janet: Sr. Product Marketing Manager
How We Optimized Storage and Performance of Apache Cassandra at Backblaze
Conventional wisdom for Apache’s high-performance, scalable database has been to avoid wide partitions for risk of impacting database performance and storage limitations. Backblaze’s work with a Cassandra consultant shows how version 3.11 can dramatically decrease garbage collection, lower latencies, and require nearly 30% less space when using wide partitions versus version 2.2.
Wanted: Senior Android Developer
You will lead the development of Backblaze’s Android application. Your responsibilities will include designing and implementing features as well as fixing bugs in a timely manner within project constraints. There are significant enhancements in the works, and you’ll be a part of making them happen. Qualifications 10+ years of overall experience in software programming with… Continue reading Wanted: Senior Android Developer
Best of the Blog 2018
2018 was a great year for Backblaze. We’re starting off the year with a look back at what we believe are the top blog posts of 2018.
Storage Pod Dominoes
As we’re lightening things up in time for the holidays, we decided to share this little video. We figured it could be a fun little holiday gift.
2018 in the Rear View Mirror
Thank you to all of our customers and friends; you’ve made 2018 a great year for Backblaze. Here’s a quick look at what we’ve been up to in the past year.
Bootstrapping to $30 Million ARR
Backblaze will be celebrating its 12th year in business this coming April 20th. We’ve grown steadily over the years, and this year have reached $30 million ARR (annual recurring revenue). In a series of posts and in a BrightTALK Founders Spotlight interview, our CEO, Gleb Budman, shares his behind-the-scenes insight into what it’s really like to found a tech startup.
Backblaze Holiday Gift Guide — 2018
At Backblaze we’re always looking for interesting things to give to our loved ones so we’ve put together a lightly curated list of interesting gifts for the holiday season.
Welcome Morgan: Director of Sales
Let’s learn a bit about Morgan, Backblaze’s new director of sales.
Cloud Archive Solutions: Why Data Archiving in the Cloud Makes Sense
Maintaining access to data archived on physical media requires regular migration to new storage media as the original media ages. By migrating once to cloud storage, you can end the cycle of constant data migrations and save money, too.
LTO Versus Cloud Storage Costs — the Math Revealed
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.
How Much Photo & Video Data Do You Have Stored?
How much data do photographers and videographers typically store? Jim, our Director of Marketing Operations, recently asked this question of his circle of media amateurs and professionals. We’re inviting our readers to answer this question, as well.
Buying a Hard Drive this Holiday Season? These Tips Will Help
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.
MegaBot vs Backblaze
How could we resist letting the MegaBot Eagle Prime help us dispose of our old Storage Pod chassis?
Ever Wish You Had a Backup Brain? The Mars Rover Has One
A recent glitch in its main computer required the Curiosity Rover team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to switch to another computer in the rover while they worked to resolve the problems with its main computer. As @MarsCuriosity tweeted from the surface of the red planet, “Redundant systems: don’t leave Earth without them.”