{"id":2990,"date":"2013-04-01T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:41:44","slug":"the-real-story-behind-drive-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/the-real-story-behind-drive-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Story Behind Drive Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZNOqrUZmnw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">We try to be really honest and up-front here at Backblaze <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online backup<\/a>, but we have a few things that we keep close to the chest. Even though we told the story behind our <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze_drive_farming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drive farming<\/a> a few months ago, there were some things we didn&#8217;t tell you. We&#8217;re sorry. So, we created this video to come clean, and while we did write about a few of our drive farming methods, you can finally see the full scope of our nefarious drive farming deeds. We hope you don\u2019t think less of us, and we appreciate everyone that helped us in our endeavors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We try to be really honest and up-front here at Backblaze online backup, but we have a few things that we keep close to the chest. Even though we told the story behind our drive farming a few months ago, there were some things we didn&#8217;t tell you. We&#8217;re sorry. 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