With the recovery from Hurricane Sandy just now starting, the full scope of what has been lost is coming in to view. One of the many challenges you may come across might be while trying to recover the data on your damaged or destroyed laptop or desktop computer. If you are a Backblaze customer and… Continue reading You’ve Lost Data Without a Backup… Now What?
Hurricane Sandy and Data Loss Assistance
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 would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the people affected by Hurricane Sandy. We hope… Continue reading Hurricane Sandy and Data Loss Assistance
10 Spooky Data Loss Stories
Recently Yev, our resident keeper of the meme, asked our community to tell us their scariest stories on data loss. From the avalanche of bone chilling stories we picked 10 we thought would tingle your spine without scaring you breathless. Some folks had online backup, others did not, but all are scary. You’ve been warned,… Continue reading 10 Spooky Data Loss Stories
Backblaze Supports Windows 8
Over the last few months, over 500 customers have been using Backblaze online backup on their Windows 8 laptops and desktops. Their photos, videos, music, documents, spreadsheets, and more were automatically and continuously backed up by Backblaze. And when needed, those intrepid Windows 8 users were able to recover their files and folders from Backblaze.… Continue reading Backblaze Supports Windows 8
Backblaze Release 2.1
Backblaze has made a new release available. Below are the enhancements in this release: Release Date: 10/12/12 Version: 2.1 Auto-Update: None Windows Fixed downloader to support really unusual Japanese characters in computer names Changed text in a Notification Dialog from “More Options…” to “Settings….” Mac Made “Backblaze Flame” icon “Retina” resolution on retina displays Adapted… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.1
Congratulations, Jake and Stefanie!
Congratulations to Stefanie and Jake on their marriage! When our online backup service was founded, we didn’t think that our company would ever be involved in a love connection, but here we are! This isn’t the first time we’ve been “involved” in a wedding, but this story is pretty special. Jake and Stefanie were married… Continue reading Congratulations, Jake and Stefanie!
Farming Hard Drives: How Backblaze Weathered the Thailand Drive Crisis
The rain started in August and by mid-October 2011, violent floods in Thailand had damaged the factories that helped produce nearly half of the world’s hard drives. As an online backup company, Backblaze fills more than 50TB of new drives every day. To survive this crisis without raising prices or compromising service, Backblaze deployed every… Continue reading Farming Hard Drives: How Backblaze Weathered the Thailand Drive Crisis
And the Winners Are…
Congratulations on your new mug! The winners have been chosen and we’d list their names, but there are a lot of duplicates! We’ll be contacting them shortly in order to get their shipping info! Thanks to everyone who participated and we’ll be doing more of these soon!
Quartz Glass Backblaze Storage Pods?
Hitachi announced this morning that they have invented “quartz glass storage.” With this innovation they are able to hold about 40MB of data per square inch on one piece of quartz glass. The Verge’s article doesn’t state the cost of the quartz glass, but the procedure to create such a piece of storage includes using… Continue reading Quartz Glass Backblaze Storage Pods?
Meeting the Neighbors in San Mateo
Hard to believe it’s been almost two years that Backblaze has been in our office in downtown San Mateo. A few months back we had the opportunity to join the San Mateo Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown San Mateo Association. We thought this would be a great way for Backblaze to meet our neighbors… Continue reading Meeting the Neighbors in San Mateo
Confessions of an “Awfulizer”
I came across the term “awfulizer” while reading a blog post from Daphne Gray-Grant. According to Daphne, an “awfulizer” is someone who imagines the worst possible thing that could happen. But an “awfulizer” is not someone who is paranoid to the point of inaction, instead they “awfulize” to comprehend the scope of the situation so… Continue reading Confessions of an “Awfulizer”
Technical Support Engineer: Zack
How long would you commute for your job? 30 minutes? An hour? 90 minutes? Well, meet Zack, our newest member of the Backblaze Technical Support team. His commute is nearly 2 hours, each way, each day. Why? Let’s ask him… Tell us about your commute to work. I live in Napa now, so depending on… Continue reading Technical Support Engineer: Zack
Saving More than Files with Backblaze
While most people buy an online backup service to backup and restore their files, Backblaze provides a little more—our Locate my Computer feature. One customer shared an incredible story about what happened when the police recovered his laptop and in the process discovered $1 million in counterfeit cash. And today we read how Backblaze was… Continue reading Saving More than Files with Backblaze
Looking for a PR Superstar
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. For the past five years, we have grown our online backup service through word-of-mouth and the kindling that helps fuel it: PR, social media, events, and affiliate marketing. We have worked on… Continue reading Looking for a PR Superstar
Technical Support Engineer: Christopher
Christopher is joining our Customer Support team. He collects body art, brews his own beer, and knows a whole lot about Macs and PCs—a perfect fit. Welcome Chris. Have you always been in the San Francisco Bay area? I was born in Oakland, California, but when I was young I lived abroad as my father… Continue reading Technical Support Engineer: Christopher
Federal Fugitive Freed Because Evidence Takes Too Much Space
Charges against Armando Angulo, a Miami doctor who was pursued by the federal government, have been dropped because the evidence was taking too much space on the DEA servers. Now, to give them their due, the government has more than 400,000 pages of evidence. That must have taken a tremendous amount of resources to assemble.… Continue reading Federal Fugitive Freed Because Evidence Takes Too Much Space
Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x—Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within
40 petabytes of data takes up a lot of room. Those little ones and zeroes that make up your photos, videos, spreadsheets—your digital life—that we backup online for you are adding up. We started out nearly five years ago with 20 terabytes of data storage. Shortly after that, we signed the deal for our first… Continue reading Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x—Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within
Backblaze Raises $5 Million: Why We Took Funding after Five Years of Bootstrapping
We started our online backup service five years ago, determined to help people never lose data again. I’m excited to announce that today we have a new partner, TMT Investments, and some extra cash to help us achieve that goal! This is awesome news for our customers who have come to rely on our service… Continue reading Backblaze Raises $5 Million: Why We Took Funding after Five Years of Bootstrapping