What is the difference between a megabit and a megabyte? The answer is obvious to computer people—it’s “a factor of eight,” since there are eight bits in a single byte. But there’s a lot more to the answer, too, involving how data moves, is stored, and the history of computing. What Are Megabits? “Megabit” is… Continue reading What’s the Diff: Megabits and Megabytes
Seagate Introduces a 60TB SSD—Is a 3.6PB Storage Pod Next?
Seagate just introduced a 60TB SSD. Wow. As Backblaze scurries about upgrading from 2TB to 8TB hard drives in our Storage Pods, we just have to stop for the moment and consider what a 3.6PB Storage Pod would look like and how much it would cost. Let’s dive in to the details… What We Know… Continue reading Seagate Introduces a 60TB SSD—Is a 3.6PB Storage Pod Next?
Terry Joins Backblaze as an Account Executive
Backblaze continues to grow and our latest offering, Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is off to a running start. We needed an account executive to help bring integrators, partners, and businesses in to the Backblaze B2 fold. That’s where Terry came in! Let’s learn a bit more about her, shall we? What is your Backblaze title?… Continue reading Terry Joins Backblaze as an Account Executive
Back(Up) to School: A Personal Story
It will soon be that time of year again for many of you—back to school time. As a student, myself, who’s interning at Backblaze over the summer, I know the hassle of back to school shopping. There are many things a student needs for the coming year of classes: an abundance of pencils, a reliable… Continue reading Back(Up) to School: A Personal Story
Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2016
Q2 2016 saw Backblaze introduce 8TB drives into our drive mix, kick off a pod-to-vault migration of over 6.5 Petabytes of data, cross over 250 Petabytes of data stored, and deploy another 7,290 drives into the data center for a total of 68,813 spinning hard drives under management. With all the ins-and-outs let’s take a look at how our hard drives fared in Q2 2016.
VP of Marketing, Ahin Thomas
A couple months ago, we opened a role for a VP of Marketing, which I said at the time was “both exhilarating and frightening.” Frightening because I “played the role since the inception of the company, it would be our first non-founder executive hire, I really want to make sure that we hire that magical… Continue reading VP of Marketing, Ahin Thomas
The Future of Cloud Storage
With over 250 petabytes of data under management, Backblaze has grown to be one of the largest clouds around. But with over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data being created daily, it seems we’ll need to keep on growing to keep up. With all that data in mind, the infographic below is full of facts, figures,… Continue reading The Future of Cloud Storage
Looking for: Systems Administrator
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Are you a sys admin who is looking for a challenging and fast-paced working environment Want to a join our rapidly expanding team and help Backblaze grow to new heights? Are you… Continue reading Looking for: Systems Administrator
QA Mastermind Needed!
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze’s expansion continues and we’re in need of a QA mastermind to help us make sure our GUIs are prim and proper! If you’re wanting to join a fast-paced team and help… Continue reading QA Mastermind Needed!
Welcome JC—Our New Office Admin!
As the Backblaze office grows, we need someone to herd all of our cats (Well, in our case, dogs). That responsibility used to fall to a bunch of people who were all really, really busy with their own workload. Now, that person is JC! And she’s doing an awesome job—we even have a new refrigerator… Continue reading Welcome JC—Our New Office Admin!
Backblaze and Retina Support for Macs
Retina display support has been available on the Mac since 2012, but believe it or not, it was only this year that we really started to see a critical mass of our customers who expressed interest in seeing our app optimized for the new displays. Well, we responded: We’ve added Retina display graphics to the… Continue reading Backblaze and Retina Support for Macs
Welcome Intern Aaron!
The newest intern to join the Marketing ranks is Aaron! He’s a high school student who’s just dipping his toes in the fantastical world of startups. He’ll be helping us work on our spreadsheets and making sure that all of our campaigns are properly cataloged and accounted for. Let’s learn a bit more about Aaron,… Continue reading Welcome Intern Aaron!
Welcome Intern Ari
Our first intern of the summer, Alex, has been working hard in the data center making sure that all the drives are spinning, and Marketing now has its first intern of the summer! Ari joins us from Indiana University, where he studies marketing and sales. Let’s learn a bit more about Ari, shall we? What… Continue reading Welcome Intern Ari
How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back
Reading Peter’s post on getting your data ready for vacation travels reminded me of a story we recently received from a Backblaze customer. Una’s laptop was stolen and then traveled over multiple continents over the next year. Here’s Una’s story, in her own words, on how she got her laptop back. Enjoy. Pulse Incident Number… Continue reading How Una Got Her Stolen Laptop Back
How to Back Up Your Data on Vacation
With Independence Day weekend now in our rearview mirrors, it’s high summer in the United States and time for many of us to take well-deserved vacation time. These days, we take our work with us when we’re out of the office, and that’s often when catastrophe strikes. How can you make sure that your most… Continue reading How to Back Up Your Data on Vacation
Cloud Storage on a Budget—Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Launches With Support, Integrations, an SLA, and More
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage 1.0 is out of Beta and available for organizations large and small to reliably, yet inexpensively, store their data in the cloud. B2 not only provides cloud storage at 1/4th the cost of leading providers, it also comes with a 99.9% Service Level Agreement (SLA), free and premium support options, and a growing list of partners who have created integrations to sync, backup, or archive data to the B2 cloud.
Annalisa Joins the Support Crew
As Backblaze continues to grow, we’re constantly on the lookout for talented folks in all of our departments. Our latest hire is Annalisa, who is joining our Support team as a Junior Technical Support Representative. Let’s learn a bit more about Annalisa, shall we? What is your Backblaze title? Junior Technical Support Representative. Where are… Continue reading Annalisa Joins the Support Crew
A Quick Look at How to Backup Your iPhone
It seems hard to believe but the iPhone is still less than 10 years old. Before the launch of the iPhone on June 29, 2007, a “smartphone” was basically just a glorified email reader attached to a rudimentary cell phone. Times certainly have changed. Today with up to 128GB of storage, the iPhone has become… Continue reading A Quick Look at How to Backup Your iPhone