{"id":528,"date":"2011-11-07T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T16:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:29:02","slug":"backblaze-is-faster-than","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-is-faster-than\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Is Faster Than&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-team-jersey2.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-h0C4ySw5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-539\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-team-jersey2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-team-jersey2.png 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/blog-team-jersey2-300x253.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet the Backblaze Peloton.<br \/>\nFrom <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peloton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>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&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would say we started a Backblaze biking group because of the inherent efficiency, teamwork, and performance of a well-executed peloton; that this is both a way to develop our team and to demonstrate its excellence; that this was perfectly timed to coincide with <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-2-0-unlimiting-unlimited\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze 2.0: The Performance Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But, realistically, it&#8217;s just fun.<\/p>\n<p>Want one of these fancy Backblaze bike jerseys?<br \/>\nIn the comments below, on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/backblaze\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our Facebook page<\/a>, or on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/backblaze\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> simply finish the sentence:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Backblaze is <a href=\"\/blog\/backblaze-is-faster-than-the-sound-of-panic-after-a-hard-drive-failure\/\">faster than<\/a>&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Backblaze is faster than a cheetah jumping off a rocket ship.<\/li>\n<li>Backblaze is faster than a spinning <a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\">hard drive.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Backblaze is faster than a DeLorean hitting 88 mph.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ll pick our favorite and send you a jersey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Backblaze Peloton. 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