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\"2019<\/p>\n

2019 was a great year at Backblaze and we want to thank all of our friends, family, customers, and blog readers (why aren\u2019t you customers yet?) for making it one to remember! If you’re worried you missed anything good or you’re just looking for some reading material over your break, we’ve got your back: read below to catch up on the good, the better, and the ridiculous here at Backblaze.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s New?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

We were hard at work and thrilled to get a lot of interesting updates and features out the door this year, including:<\/p>\n

Backblaze Version 6.0:<\/a> Our \u201cLarger Longer Faster Better\u201d release saw the introduction of larger recovery hard drives, the ability to save backed up data directly to B2 Cloud Storage<\/a>, a \u201ckeep restores longer\u201d functionality that allowed already created restores to be archived into B2, network management and speed improvements for t\/b2\/docs\/he Backblaze App for Mac and PC, a mobile app overhaul for iOS and Android, and the introduction of SSO with Google. Phew!<\/p>\n

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The Blog Itself:<\/a> We\u2019d been hard at work on a blog redesign through the beginning of the year, and were ready to unveil the final product in April. This post covered everything that was new (faster load times, archives, post suggestions, better tagging, etc\u2026) and gave a nice breakdown of all the changes.<\/p>\n

B2 Copy File<\/a> APIs: One of the more requested features for B2 Cloud Storage<\/a> launched in May of this year. This new API allowed people to copy files, which unlocked the ability to rename and re-organize those files inside of their B2 buckets.<\/p>\n

EU Data Center:<\/a> We launched our first data center outside of the United States, firing up an EU Region based out of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

Backblaze Version 7.0:<\/a> Version history and beyond! One of our most anticipated releases, extended Version History<\/a> allowed computer backup<\/a> users to upgrade the retention period of their backups and alleviated the need to continuously plug in external drives\u2014a pain point we heard about a lot<\/em> before this release!<\/p>\n

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Behind The Scenes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Taking a page from last year\u2019s post, we wanted to highlight some of the articles where we took a look at ourselves in the mirror and dove deep into some of the internal goings on at Backblaze:<\/p>\n

Storage Pod<\/a> Museum: One of the things we\u2019re most proud of is our storage pods, which enable us to store your data affordably, and pass the savings on. This post looks back at all of our different designs throughout the years.<\/p>\n

Reddit AmA:<\/a> Fielding questions from strangers can be pretty nerve-wracking, but we embraced the chaos and took some questions on Reddit. We highlight some of the questions that were asked and go over how we found ourselves on reddit to begin with.<\/p>\n

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Left to right: Gleb<\/a>, Adam, Yev, Natasha, Brian.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Who We Are & What We Do:<\/a> A short post highlighting a video we made to help us continue hiring some of the best minds in their fields.<\/p>\n

How We Got To Europe:<\/strong> A series of blog posts (Getting Ready to Go to Europe<\/a>, The Logistics of Finding the Right Data Center<\/a>, and Making the Data Center Choice<\/a>) following us on our path of selecting our first European Data Center.<\/p>\n

Raising Prices Is Hard:<\/a> Not all news is good, and in this post we discuss how we approached our first-ever price increase, and why we had to put it off for over a year at the last minute.<\/p>\n

New Faces<\/strong><\/h3>\n