{"id":105457,"date":"2022-04-13T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=105457"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T18:34:43","slug":"announcing-backblaze-b2-universal-data-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/announcing-backblaze-b2-universal-data-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Backblaze B2&#8217;s Universal Data Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1440\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration.png 1440w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration-768x437.png 768w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/bb-bh-Universal-Data-Migration-560x319.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your data is valuable. Whether you\u2019re<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/case-studiesgladstone-institutes\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sequencing genomes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/case-studiesfortune-media\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">managing a media powerhouse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/case-studiescloudspot\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">running your own business<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you need fast, affordable, ready access to it in order to achieve your goals. But, you can\u2019t get the most out of your data if it\u2019s locked-in to a provider where it\u2019s hard to manage or time-consuming to retrieve. Unfortunately, due to egress fees and closed, \u201call-in-one\u201d platforms, vendor lock-in is currently trapping too many companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universal Data Migration, a new service launched today, helps you quickly and securely move large datasets into B2 Cloud Storage&#8211;from public clouds and cloud drives, servers, and tape. Plus, we&#8217;ll help cover migration costs with qualifying commitments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on to learn more about how Universal Data Migration can help you say goodbye to vendor lock-in, cold delays, and escalating storage costs, and hello to B2 Cloud Storage gains, all without fears of cost, complexity, downtime, or data loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How Does Universal Data Migration Work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Backblaze has curated a set of integrated services to handle migrations from pretty much every source, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public cloud storage<\/li>\n<li>Servers<\/li>\n<li>Network attached storage (NAS)<\/li>\n<li>Storage area networks (SAN)<\/li>\n<li>Tape\/LTO solutions (LTO-6 or greater)<\/li>\n<li>Cloud drives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We help cover data transfer and egress costs and facilitate the migration to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage. The turnkey service expands on our earlier<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/cloud-to-cloud.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud to Cloud Migration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> services as well as transfers via internet and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/solutions\/datatransfer\/fireball.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backblaze Fireball rapid ingest devices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These offerings are now rolled up into one universal service.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI thought moving my files would be the hardest part of the process, and it\u2019s why I never really thought about switching providers before, but it was easy.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Tristan Pelligrino, Co-founder, Motion<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside of specifics that will vary by your unique infrastructure and workflows, migration types include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cloud to cloud:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reads from public cloud storage or a cloud drive (e.g., Amazon S3 or Google Drive) and writes to Backblaze B2 via inter-cloud bandwidth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>On-premises to cloud:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reads from a server, NAS, or SAN and writes to Backblaze B2 over optimized cloud pipes or via Backblaze\u2019s 96TB Fireball rapid ingest device.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>LTO\/tape to cloud:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Reads tape media, even tape older than LTO-6, from reel cassettes to cartridges and more, and writes to Backblaze B2 via a high-speed, direct connection.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Backblaze also supports simple internet transfers for moving files over your existing bandwidth\u2014with multi-threading to maximize speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"abstract\" style=\"line-height: 1.8; margin: 24px 12px; padding: 24px 12px 10px 12px;\">\n<h5><strong>Fortune Media Reduces Storage Costs by Two-thirds With Universal Data Migration<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>After divesting from its parent company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/case-studies\/fortune-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fortune Media<\/a> rebuilt its technology infrastructure and moved many services, including data storage, to the cloud. However, the initial tech stack was expensive, difficult to use, and not 100% reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Backblaze B2 offered a more reliable and cost-effective solution for both hot cloud storage and archiving. In addition, the platform\u2019s ease of use would give Fortune\u2019s geographically-dispersed video editors a modern, self-service experience, and it was easier for the IT team to manage.<\/p>\n<p>Using Backblaze\u2019s Cloud to Cloud Migration, now part of Universal Data Migration, the team transferred over 300TB of data from their legacy provider in less than a week with zero downtime, business disruption, or egress costs, and was able to cut overall storage costs by two-thirds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIn the cloud space, the biggest complaint that we hear from clients is the cost of egress and storage. With Backblaze, we saved money on the migration, but also overall on the storage and the potential future egress of this data.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014Tom Kehn, Senior Solutions Architect at CHESA, Fortune Media\u2019s technology systems integrator<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Even More Benefits<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>What else do you get with Universal Data Migration? Additional benefits include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Truly universal migrations:<\/strong> Secure data mobility from practically any source.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support along the way:<\/strong> Simple, turnkey services with solution engineer support to help ensure easy success.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safe and speedy transfers:<\/strong> Proven to securely transfer millions of objects and petabytes of data, often in just days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Ready to Get Started?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Universal Data Migration service is generally available now. For more information or to set up a free proof of concept<\/span>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/b2\/contact-sales-migration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact the Backblaze Sales team<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about how you can migrate your data to Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage at no cost to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":105458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[468],"class_list":["post-105457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-storage","tag-b2cloud","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing Universal Data Migration for Inter-Cloud File Transfer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Backblaze B2 can help you with a variety of important concepts. 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