Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. The Backblaze Operations team continues to grow. We’ve sworn to protect our customers from data loss, and need some help to continue our rapid growth! If you think you have what it… Continue reading Systems Administrator? We Want You!
In-Game Data Center
At Backblaze, we’re always thinking about the future of hard drive storage. A report posted a few days ago on The Verge states that there has been “construction of a hard drive inside of Minecraft that’s said to be capable of storing 1KB of data.” You can even watch a walk-through of the hard drive… Continue reading In-Game Data Center
That Was One UGLY Email
Our customer newsletter email for August was “Major Ugly.” We’re sorry. Let me explain. About once a month, the marketing folks at Backblaze send out a newsletter via email to our customers. These emails are sent conforming to our customer privacy policy and terms of service. Only customers (not trial users) receive the newsletter and… Continue reading That Was One UGLY Email
Backblaze Mobile for Android
It’s arrived! Starting today, you’ll be able to download Backblaze Mobile for Android and have access to all of your backed up data, anywhere you go! This is a companion app to the Backblaze online backup service, and allows users to access, download, experience, and share the data that they have backed up with Backblaze.… Continue reading Backblaze Mobile for Android
Why Now Is the Time for Backblaze to Build a 270TB Storage Pod
Storage Pod 796 went through the standard build process for any Backblaze Storage Pod. Little did it know that destiny was waiting. At the end of the assembly line, instead of 45 Seagate 4TB drives, Pod 796 would receive 45 Western Digital 6TB drives (Model: WD60EFRX). Doing the math, 45 times six is 270, so… Continue reading Why Now Is the Time for Backblaze to Build a 270TB Storage Pod
SEO Serendipity: Our Road Back to HTTPS Leads to Google Love
Yesterday, we switched our entire website and this blog to HTTPS, thus securing every Backblaze web page with encryption between our servers and your browser. Ironically, this is how we started seven years ago, then switched some of the pages to just HTTP (including the home page), and now flipped back. Why did we do… Continue reading SEO Serendipity: Our Road Back to HTTPS Leads to Google Love
Lisa Forgets Her ID, Backblaze to the Rescue!
In May, our Marketing Intern Lisa joined me (her brother) at Backblaze for a month-long internship. Lisa goes to school at McGill University in Montreal, so we don’t get to see each other very often, and what better way to do some sibling bonding than to order her around the office. One of the brother-sister… Continue reading Lisa Forgets Her ID, Backblaze to the Rescue!
Scheduled Maintenance (7/22/2014)
Tomorrow (7/22/2014) from 7-5 p.m. California time, Backblaze will be undergoing scheduled maintenance. During this time, we will be updating a cluster, resulting in more stability and speed for some of our earliest customers. During this maintenance, the following parts of our service will be affected for some of our users: Access to the My… Continue reading Scheduled Maintenance (7/22/2014)
Seeking: Data Protectors
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. The Backblaze Operations team continues to grow. We’ve sworn to protect our customers from data loss, and need some help to continue our rapid growth! If you think you have what it… Continue reading Seeking: Data Protectors
4TB USB Restore Drives Are Here: Yay!
Editor’s note: On March 3, 2022, Backblaze ended the USB flash drive restore option. While we parted ways with USB flash drives, we continue to offer many options for restoring your files—explore ways to recover your data here. Backblaze is increasing the maximum size of our USB hard drive restores to use 4TB external drives.… Continue reading 4TB USB Restore Drives Are Here: Yay!
The Backblaze of Pizza?
Backblaze and pizza? Two great tastes that taste great together, right? Recently, one of our employees checked out a pizza place near his home called “Blaze Pizza.” The next day, he wrote to the company: “Blaze Pizza” is basically the Backblaze of pizza: They offer one size of pizza, but unlimited toppings for one flat… Continue reading The Backblaze of Pizza?
Marketing Intern: Angelina
Now that Marketing Intern Lisa is heading back to college, we proudly introduce our new Marketing Intern, Angelina. Her hobbies include musical theater, singing, sculpting, and fencing, but it was her love of digital arts that was most intriguing to us here at Backblaze. Where are you from? I currently live in Pittsburg, California. What… Continue reading Marketing Intern: Angelina
Engineering Intern: Eli
Eli is a self-described lover of magic tricks and is now also an Engineering Intern at Backblaze. We gave him a shirt and told him to learn the product ropes from our CTO, Brian, so that he can “abracadabra” and make bugs disappear. What attracted you to Backblaze? I have been a supporter of Backblaze… Continue reading Engineering Intern: Eli
Welcome Chris, Sys Admin & Backup Maniac
Let’s welcome Chris as a Senior Systems Administrator for Backblaze. Born and raised in San Jose, California, Chris joins Backblaze after stints at VMWare, Sunrun, and a couple of other local organizations. Tell us how you back up your photos, music, data, etc. on your home computer. It depends on what the type of file… Continue reading Welcome Chris, Sys Admin & Backup Maniac
The High Cost of IRS Hard Drive Failure
In 2011, Lois Lerner’s hard drive crashed and took some emails with it. Unfortunately for Lerner, she happened to be working as the Director of the IRS’ Exempt Organizations Division. Now there’s a congressional inquiry in to the IRS and at the heart of that investigation is that very same broken hard drive. Bloomberg writes:… Continue reading The High Cost of IRS Hard Drive Failure
Six Billion Files Restored and Counting
Funny thing about providing an online backup service that is currently storing over 100 petabytes of customer data—sometimes people need their data back. In fact, nearly half (46%) of our customers restored one or more of their files in 2013 and that adds up. From when Backblaze first started until the end of May 2014,… Continue reading Six Billion Files Restored and Counting
Today Show: Cryptolocker Continues to Hold Data Hostage
Last October, we wrote a blog post about a new piece of ransomeware called Cryptolocker. At the time, it was a relatively new virus, and was not yet affecting as many people as it is now. As of March, Geek.com reports that Cryptolocker’s “masterminds have raked in somewhere in the neighborhood of $30 million, and… Continue reading Today Show: Cryptolocker Continues to Hold Data Hostage
Seniors Are the Kings of Data Backup
June is Backup Awareness Month and the results from our annual Backup Awareness Survey are in. Say what you want about your supposedly technically-challenged grandparents, but they back up their computers. It’s not even close. Grandpa, in particular, is a backup fiend when compared to the 18 to 44-year-old crowd. He’s more than twice as… Continue reading Seniors Are the Kings of Data Backup