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Backup Exec Is Ending. Your Migration Plan Shouldn’t Wait.

End-of-life is approaching. Support deadlines are locked in. Backblaze B2 provides a fast, low-risk path to resilient, cloud-first backup—without rip-and-replace disruption.

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Backup Exec is reaching end-of-life—Now what?

With end-of-life and support deadlines approaching, Backup Exec customers face a forced decision: renew short-term and delay the inevitable or modernize now. Backblaze B2 gives you a structured, low-risk migration path to cloud storage that works with your existing backup tools.

Immutable, ransomware-ready backups

Object Lock and immutable storage help protect backups from deletion or tampering during credential compromise events.

Tape-to-cloud modernization

Replace aging tape workflows with durable, off-site cloud storage—without disrupting existing backup policies. Migrate from tape for free.

Predictable, transparent pricing

One-fifth the cost of AWS S3. No complex tiers. No surprise fees. Includes 3x free egress for restores and testing.

Works with your backup stack

Seamless integrations with Backup Exec, Veeam, Cohesity, NetBackup, and others.

Everything we can do to get our scientists back to working on their data directly benefits humanity. Backblaze enables us to empower them so they can work as fast as they’re realistically able to.

Alex Acosta

Senior Security Engineer, Gladstone Institutes

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Researchers Supported

900+

Tapes Eliminated

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Barriers Between Scientists and Systems

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Built for migration readiness—Not vendor lock-in

Deadline-ready migration

Integrate with S3 compatible tools and migrate disk or tape workflows without rebuilding your backup environment.

Architectural separation

Store backups off-site and immutable to reduce blast radius during identity or production system compromise.

Modern resilience standards

Support 3-2-1-1-0 and beyond with immutable, off-site backups designed for ransomware-era recovery realities.

Long-term platform stability

Rest easy with 11 nines durability, transparent pricing, and options for consumption or capacity-based pricing.

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Integrations

See the hundreds of S3 compatible integrations Backblaze supports—should you choose to migrate off Backup Exec.
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Solution

Escape legacy tape storage and modernize your architecture by replacing LTO with secure cloud storage
Protect data off-site with Backblaze B2.