{"id":6211,"date":"2012-08-15T06:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2021-08-13T07:37:01","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T14:37:01","slug":"backblaze-datacenter-grows-1000x-datacenter-2-0-needed-apply-within","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-datacenter-grows-1000x-datacenter-2-0-needed-apply-within\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x&mdash;Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1764\" title=\"datacenter_empty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/datacenter_empty.jpg\" alt=\"Datacenter \" width=\"560\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/datacenter_empty.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/datacenter_empty-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"bzdropcap\">40 petabytes of data takes up a lot of room. Those little ones and zeroes that make up your photos, videos, spreadsheets\u2014your digital life\u2014that we <a title=\"Backblaze Online Backup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">backup online<\/a> for you are adding up. We started out nearly five years ago with 20 terabytes of data storage. Shortly after that, we signed the deal for our first quarter-cabinet in our current data center and we have steadily added more and more cabinets. Each full cabinet has 8-10 <a title=\"Backblaze Storage Pods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/petabytes-on-a-budget-v2-0revealing-more-secrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storage Pods<\/a> and when you do the math, we now have about 40 <a href=\"\/blog\/petabytes-on-a-budget-10-years-and-counting\/\">petabytes<\/a> of storage. Growth is good.<\/p>\n<p>So we are looking for another data center. We\u2019ve created and issued an RFP (Request for Proposal) to get the process going. It\u2019s a fairly short document\u2014eight pages\u2014which outlines our requirements. And what do we need in a data center? Here are a few things&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Space: Air conditioned, clean, raised floor for up to 225 cabinets. Hey, we provide unlimited data storage, so we need lots of space.<\/li>\n<li>Network\/Bandwidth: Multi-vendor 10Gb redundant symmetric connections\u2014we don\u2019t throttle backup speeds, so big pipes are mandatory.<\/li>\n<li>Power: Each cabinet requires a 30 AMP 208Volt circuit, which powers 8-10 Storage Pods in each cabinet.<\/li>\n<li>Physical security: Access controls, CCTV, good location, fences and barriers, manned patrols, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Amenities: Space for <a title=\"Guido, our Storage Pod mover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/sean-has-a-new-friend-his-name-is-guido\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guido<\/a>, parking, storage, loading dock, and free back massages (just kidding, but it doesn\u2019t hurt to ask).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Providers must provide documentation on their <a title=\"SSAE16 replaces the older SAS 70 specification\" href=\"http:\/\/ssae16.com\/SSAE16_overview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSAE 16<\/a> or &#8220;SAS 70 type II&#8221; status. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgbc.org\/help\/what-leed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LEED<\/a> certified facility is desired. Of course, we want a reputable provider with a proven history of providing stellar service.<\/p>\n<p>Backblaze has grown from a commitment of just a quarter of a cabinet to committing to up to 225 cabinets\u2014an increase by 1,000 times\u2014and we are looking for a great partner to work with us.<\/p>\n<p>We want to start using our new data center in December. It\u2019s aggressive, but we believe it can be done. If you are interested in being our next data center provider, you can <a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Backblaze-Datacenter-RFP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">download and view the RFP<\/a> to learn how to submit your proposal\u2014but act now as initial responses are due on Aug 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40 petabytes of data takes up a lot of room. Those little ones and zeroes that make up your photos, videos, spreadsheets\u2014your digital life\u2014that we backup online for you are adding up. We started out nearly five years ago with 20 terabytes of data storage. Shortly after that, we signed the deal for our first&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-datacenter-grows-1000x-datacenter-2-0-needed-apply-within\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x&mdash;Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[468],"class_list":["post-6211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-backing-up","tag-b2cloud","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Backblaze Data Center Grows 1000x&mdash;Data Center 2.0 Needed; Apply Within<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"40 petabytes of data takes up a lot of room. 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