Apple has released the latest version of its Macintosh operating system, macOS 10.13 “High Sierra.” It is available as a free download in the Mac App Store. We thought we’d put up a quick post today to let everyone know that the Backblaze Macintosh client has been tested and is compatible with High Sierra. For… Continue reading Backblaze Supports Apple’s macOS High Sierra
Surviving Your First Year
In my previous posts, I talked about coming up with an idea, determining the solution, and getting your first customers. But you’re building a company, not a product. Let’s talk about what the first year should look like.
Backblaze’s Upgrade Guide for macOS High Sierra
Apple introduced macOS 10.13 “High Sierra” at its 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference in June. On Tuesday, we learned we don’t have long to wait — the new OS will be available on September 25. It’s a free upgrade, and millions of Mac users around the world will rush to install it.
Strategies for Backing Up Windows Computers
There’s a little company called Apple making big announcements this week, but about 45% of our readers are on Windows machines, so we thought it would be a good idea to devote a blog post today to Windows users and the options they have for backing up Windows computers. We’ll be talking about the various… Continue reading Strategies for Backing Up Windows Computers
Getting Video Archives Out of Your Closet
Does this sound familiar? You spent almost all day Saturday archiving your latest video project onto two 8TB external hard drives. You need to archive four months’ worth of work from a recently finished video project to external hard drives to make room on your local storage system for the next project. You diligently label… Continue reading Getting Video Archives Out of Your Closet
Cloud Storage Doesn’t Have to Be Convoluted, Complex, or Confusing
Cloud storage is fast becoming the central repository for mission critical information, irreplaceable memories, and in some cases entire corporate and personal histories. Given this responsibility, we believe Cloud Storage vendors have an obligation to be transparent as possible in how they interact with their customers.
Extended Maintenance
(Thursday 09/07/2017 2-6 p.m. Pacific)
As part of our Backblaze maintenance window (regularly Thursday 2-3 p.m. Pacific), we are doing maintenance on some core Backblaze systems and may experience longer downtime affecting Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Backblaze Computer Backup systems (both Personal Backup and Business Backup). The planned extended maintenance will be from Thursday September 7th, from 2-6 p.m.… Continue reading Extended Maintenance
(Thursday 09/07/2017 2-6 p.m. Pacific)
Choosing a Backup Provider (An Intro to Backblaze)
Hi! We’re Backblaze, a backup and cloud storage company in sunny San Mateo, California. We’ve been in business since 2007, have a great track record, and have been on a mission to make backing up simple, inexpensive, and unobtrusive. This post hopes to serve as an introduction to Backblaze for folks that might not be… Continue reading Choosing a Backup Provider (An Intro to Backblaze)
Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2017
In this update, we’ll review the Q2 2017 and lifetime hard drive failure rates for all our current drive models. We also look at how our drive migration strategy is changing the drives we use and we’ll check in on our enterprise class drives to see how they are doing. Along the way we’ll share our observations and insights and as always we welcome your comments and critiques.
How to Migrate All of Your Data From CrashPlan
With CrashPlan deciding to leave the consumer backup space, CrashPlan for Home customers are now faced with having to migrate their data to a new cloud backup service. Uploading your data from your computer to a new service is onerous enough, but one thing that seems to be getting overlooked is the potential for the… Continue reading How to Migrate All of Your Data From CrashPlan
Wanted: Front End Developer
Want to work at a company that helps customers in over 150 countries around the world protect the memories they hold dear? Do you want to challenge yourself with a business that serves consumers, small to medium-sized businesses, enterprises, and developers? If all that sounds interesting, you might be interested to know that Backblaze is… Continue reading Wanted: Front End Developer
Backblaze Cloud Backup 5.0: The Rapid Access Release
Announcing Backblaze Cloud Backup 5.0: The Rapid Access Release. We’ve been at the backup game for a long time now, and we continue to focus on providing the best unlimited backup service on the planet. A lot of the features in this release have come from listening to our customers about how they want to… Continue reading Backblaze Cloud Backup 5.0: The Rapid Access Release
Getting Your Data Into the Cloud Is Just the Beginning
As cloud storage has become ubiquitous, organizations large and small are joining in. For larger organizations the lure of reducing capital expenses and their associated operational costs is enticing. For smaller organizations, cloud storage often replaces an unmanageable closet full of external hard drives, thumb drives, SD cards, and other devices. With terabytes or even petabytes of data, the common challenge facing organizations, large and small, is how to get their data up to the cloud.
A New Twist on Data Backup: CloudNAS
There are many ways for SMBs, professionals, and advanced users to back up their data. The process can be as simple as copying files to a flash drive or an external drive, or as sophisticated as using a Synology or a QNAP NAS device as your primary storage device and syncing the files to a… Continue reading A New Twist on Data Backup: CloudNAS
Wanted: Automation Systems Administrator
Are you an automation systems administrator who is looking for a challenging and fast-paced working environment? Want to a join our dynamic team and help Backblaze grow to new heights? Our Operations team is a distributed and collaborative group of individual contributors. We work closely together to build and maintain our home-grown cloud storage farm,… Continue reading Wanted: Automation Systems Administrator
Wanted: Site Reliability Engineer
Are you a site reliability engineer who is looking for a challenging and fast-paced working environment? Want to a join our dynamic team and help Backblaze grow to new heights? Our Operations team is a distributed and collaborative group of individual contributors. We work closely together to build and maintain our home-grown cloud storage farm,… Continue reading Wanted: Site Reliability Engineer
Wanted: Network Systems Administrator
Are you a network systems administrator who is looking for a challenging and fast-paced working environment? Want to a join our dynamic team and help Backblaze grow to new heights? Our Operations team is a distributed and collaborative group of individual contributors. We work closely together to build and maintain our home-grown cloud storage farm,… Continue reading Wanted: Network Systems Administrator
Wanted: Database Systems Administrator
Are you a database systems administrator who is looking for a challenging and fast-paced working environment? Want to a join our dynamic team and help Backblaze grow to new heights? Our Operations team is a distributed and collaborative group of individual contributors. We work closely together to build and maintain our home grown cloud storage… Continue reading Wanted: Database Systems Administrator