{"id":1096,"date":"2012-04-01T08:49:05","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2021-08-13T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T10:09:55","slug":"the-real-story-behind-how-backblaze-can-afford-unlimited-storage-for-5month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/the-real-story-behind-how-backblaze-can-afford-unlimited-storage-for-5month\/","title":{"rendered":"The REAL Story Behind How Backblaze Can Afford Unlimited Storage for $5\/Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We told you the reason our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a> service could offer unlimited storage for just $5\/month was as a result of our incredibly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/cloudline\/2011\/10\/backblazes-basic-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">efficient cloud storage<\/a> built on our custom-designed and open-sourced <a href=\"\/blog\/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storage Pod<\/a> hardware.<\/p>\n<p>But, here&#8217;s the <strong>REAL<\/strong> story:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gh0l77kqZ28?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We told you the reason our online backup service could offer unlimited storage for just $5\/month was as a result of our incredibly efficient cloud storage built on our custom-designed and open-sourced Storage Pod hardware. 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