Backblaze is upgrading its central systems, which will take place in two phases: Tuesday 3/6/12 for about one hour sometime at 2 p.m. PST. Wednesday 3/7/12 for two to three hours starting at 2 p.m. PST. Due to massive growth, we are tripling the storage on those systems. Our storage farm scales infinitely without downtime… Continue reading Maintenance Tuesday and Wednesday
Backblaze Release 2.0.2
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 has made a new release available and all users are scheduled to be automatically upgraded over… Continue reading Backblaze Release 2.0.2
Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings
New Ultrabook Design Decisions Limit Data Recovery Options When my girlfriend recently dropped (and killed) her new Ultrabook, I found out the Solid State Drive (SSD) inside of it was not easily removable like the old hard drives always were. This means a dead laptop = completely lost data if you aren’t fully backed up.… Continue reading Data Survivability With Ultrabook SSDs: A Dropped Zenbook and Teardown Findings
Sing and Win an iPad
Nearly everyone likes to sing. And nearly everyone would like to win an iPad 3 when it becomes available. And we believe nearly everyone should backup their laptop or desktop computer with Backblaze. So we’ve combined all three into one easy contest: the “We Love You Backblaze” contest. One lucky winner will be able win an iPad 3. We’ve… Continue reading Sing and Win an iPad
Director of Product Marketing: Andy
Thanks to our great customers, Backblaze continues to grow. We are excited to announce that we have hired a Director of Product Marketing. Let’s spend a few minutes with Andy… Where are you from? And where are you now? I was born in Brooklyn New York and grew up on Long Island in Shirley, exit… Continue reading Director of Product Marketing: Andy
The DVD Is Dead. USB Flash Drive Restores Are Here.
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. DVDs were a fantastic storage medium, able to store an astounding 4.7GB of data for a few… Continue reading The DVD Is Dead. USB Flash Drive Restores Are Here.
Just in Time: Backblaze Saves New Employee
While I wish that everyone would backup their data, the reality is for many people it takes a specific event to occur. (Unfortunately, that moment for most people is data loss.) For Kirk, that moment was starting to work at Backblaze. In a crazy coincidence, immediately after starting work and signing up with our online… Continue reading Just in Time: Backblaze Saves New Employee
Director of Web Services: Kirk
I’m excited to announce we have hired a Director of Web Services (a position which morphed just slightly from the original title of Sr. Systems Administrator). Below is a short interview with the latest addition to the Backblaze family: Kirk. Where are you originally from? Why did you move here? I was born in Washington… Continue reading Director of Web Services: Kirk
2011: A Few of My Favorite Things…
I can’t believe we’re already over a week into 2012. In the interest of listening to the quote “perfect is the enemy of good,” I’m publishing these thoughts on Backblaze in 2011 now rather than waiting until my hindsight is perfect, which may take another year or more. So, without further hesitation, here are a… Continue reading 2011: A Few of My Favorite Things…
Backblaze Is Faster than the Sound of Panic After a Hard Drive Failure
Yes, that’s how blazing fast Backblaze is at backing up your data! At least according to @joerocklin who gets a Backblaze bike jersey for finishing: “Backblaze is faster than…” In addition to Joe’s answer, there were hundreds of other suggestions…many of which made us laugh out loud. Thank to everyone who submitted! For your perusing… Continue reading Backblaze Is Faster than the Sound of Panic After a Hard Drive Failure
Cyber Monday Winner Gets Peace of Mind for Giving Peace of Mind
Congratulations to Kenneth Ames for winning the Backblaze Cyber Monday raffle! He bought one year Backblaze online backup gifts for both his son and daughter in college. Helping ensure his kids don’t lose their school papers, photos, music, and other data got Kenneth a $250 gift card which he’s using to take a trip to… Continue reading Cyber Monday Winner Gets Peace of Mind for Giving Peace of Mind
And the Winner Is… Kiss Your Lost Files Hello
Thank you for voting on your favorite billboard! The votes have been tallied across the Facebook poll, comments, blog feedback, Twitter responses… And the winner is: Kiss your lost files hello Lee Robertson wins one-year of Backblaze online backup by voting/retweeting. Congratulations Lee, thanks to everyone that voted… And look out for the billboard appearing… Continue reading And the Winner Is… Kiss Your Lost Files Hello
It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard
We asked you to provide us ideas for a billboard and, wow, did you come through! You submitted about 200 ideas! It was incredibly difficult to narrow them down. But, after much deliberation, rigorous analysis, careful evaluation…and just some plain “I like that one!” we came down to the six ideas below. Now, it’s time… Continue reading It’s Down to the Final 6: Vote for Your Favorite Backblaze Billboard
Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays—and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight
Peace of mind means different things to different people. It might be knowing you can get the song your baby falls asleep to when you’re traveling or being able to find your lost or stolen computer. At Backblaze, we believe that peace of mind comes from never having to worry about losing the video of… Continue reading Give Friends Peace of Mind for the Holidays—and Get a Hotel Night or Free Flight
Welcome, Backify Customers
Drama tends to be reserved for reality TV. Or sometimes for Valleywag. But the last couple of days there has been some drama in the backup space. About a month ago, Backify launched an online backup service claiming to offer 512GB for free. That surprised me and others and I was curious as to how… Continue reading Welcome, Backify Customers
Backblaze Is Faster Than…
Meet the Backblaze Peloton. From Wikipedia: The peloton travels as an integrated unit, like birds flying in formation, each rider making slight adjustments in response to the riders around him or her… I would say we started a Backblaze biking group because of the inherent efficiency, teamwork, and performance of a well-executed peloton; that this… Continue reading Backblaze Is Faster Than…
Job: Director of Product Marketing
Does it pain you when people lose data? Want to help promote an online backup service that has helped save a marriage, save Christmas, save a photographer’s portfolio, and even bring down an Argentinian counterfeiting crime ring? Come be our Director of Product Marketing and lead customer acquisition programs! We need someone who is creative… Continue reading Job: Director of Product Marketing
Job: Sr. Systems Administrator
UPDATE: this position has been filled by Kirk! Do you like big data? Big red boxes? The Backblaze online backup service has nearly 20 petabytes of customer data stored and adds about a petabyte every month. We like people who have the creativity to come up with new ways of building bigger and cheaper cloud… Continue reading Job: Sr. Systems Administrator