In 2015, over two million people visited the Backblaze blog. Thank you. Of the 94 blog posts we published in 2015, the following were the five most popular. As you take stock of 2015 and plan for 2016, we invite you to enjoy these posts and subscribe to our blog to receive even more great… Continue reading Top Five Blog Posts of 2015
Year: 2015
Backblaze B2, or Not Backblaze B2, That Is the Question
Since we announced Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, many of our existing online backup customers have joined the Backblaze B2 beta program and started working with B2 Cloud Storage. That’s great, but we also know that many more of our customers are still on the sidelines trying to decide if Backblaze B2 is right for them.… Continue reading Backblaze B2, or Not Backblaze B2, That Is the Question
VP of Backblaze B2 Sales: Return of the Nilay
Following the trend of founders coming back to their companies (Alexis Ohanian to reddit, and Jack Dorsey to Twitter), Backblaze is thrilled to have one of our founding team join us again. Nilay Patel is coming back to Backblaze as the VP of Sales for Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage. He’s been away for some time working… Continue reading VP of Backblaze B2 Sales: Return of the Nilay
Clones and Clouds: The Force Unites
Whether you’re responsible for an empire, a republic, or just a group of rebels, keeping your computers fully armed and operational is important. Just as important is keeping your data current and available even when your base is destroyed or your computers are trapped in carbonite. Things can change quickly in our galaxy. Not everyone… Continue reading Clones and Clouds: The Force Unites
Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Opens Public Beta
Starting today Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage has moved to public beta, meaning anyone can sign up and immediately start using the service. We announced the Backblaze B2 private beta a couple of months ago and since then over 15,000 people helped find bugs, stress APIs, suggest features, and more. Now it’s time to take the… Continue reading Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage Opens Public Beta
Expert Buyer Amanda Joins the Crew
With Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage ramping up, we keep buying more and more stuff. We needed help! Enter Amanda! She’s already been interfacing with our current purchasing and BZ Labs teams while working for one of our contract manufacturers, Evolve! We’re glad to have her on board full time and helping us with our ever-mounting… Continue reading Expert Buyer Amanda Joins the Crew
200 Petabytes of Customer Data and Counting
Backblaze now stores over 200 petabytes of customer data on our Storage Pods. Actually, we crossed that line a few weeks ago but we were busy with our Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage beta thing and so here we are, a little late—200 petabytes of customer data. Yes, 200 petabytes is a big number—a two followed… Continue reading 200 Petabytes of Customer Data and Counting
Senior Human Resources Generalist
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze continues to grow and we need someone who loves HR and someone who loves to do many different things—in the same body. If that’s you, then your next mission is waiting… Continue reading Senior Human Resources Generalist
Sr. Software Engineer Doug Comes Aboard!
As Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage gets closer to coming online, we’re adding more people to our Engineering team! The latest addition is Doug! Doug joins us from Colorado, where he lives with his family and enjoys the mountain air. Doug is a pretty interesting guy, with a bit of a background in game development. Lets… Continue reading Sr. Software Engineer Doug Comes Aboard!
Wanted: Tech Support Master
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze’s online backup support team needs a customer support master to help answer any and all questions from our customers. This position is for the Backblaze Personal Backup service! Tech Support Representative… Continue reading Wanted: Tech Support Master
Join the Alliance—Backblaze Needs a Senior Network Engineer & Data Center Tech
Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. With the announcement of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, we keep on growing, and we need some help! We’re looking for two Rebels to join the Alliance, a Senior Network Engineer for our… Continue reading Join the Alliance—Backblaze Needs a Senior Network Engineer & Data Center Tech
Elliott Finds Home as a Senior Sysadmin!
Elliott comes to us from Facebook as a referral by Chuck, who was referred to us by… Elliott! Life is cyclical after all! Elliott’s already hit the ground running and is already all up in our systems. Like Chuck he likes car racing, and he just happens to be our first Mountain Dew drinker in… Continue reading Elliott Finds Home as a Senior Sysadmin!
The Hardware Inside Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage: Storage Pod 5.0
To get the latest updates and information on ALL of the Storage Pod versions, click here. A couple of months ago, we gave you a sneak peek as we designed and prototyped our next generation Storage Pod. We’re done, and Storage Pod 5.0 is here and it is faster, beefier, easier to assemble, easier to… Continue reading The Hardware Inside Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage: Storage Pod 5.0
Marjorie Joins the Engineers
With the upcoming release of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage, we are staffing up our Engineering team. The latest addition is Marjorie Ready! She’s working remotely out of Madison, Wisconsin, bringing the total number of people at Backblaze that know about New Glarus Brewing Company to three (Candace, Marjorie, and myself). Marjorie comes to visit the… Continue reading Marjorie Joins the Engineers
Have You Tested Your Backup Lately?
Everyone should be backing up, right? Sure. Backups, though, aren’t important. If you want to get your data back, the thing you should be worried about is the restore. Can you restore your data? A backup you can’t restore data from is worthless. Don’t assume no news is good news from your backups. You test… Continue reading Have You Tested Your Backup Lately?
Natasha Joins Backblaze Business Backup
Our Backblaze Business Backup team has been growing lately and the latest addition to the team is Natasha! She’s been working with Backblaze ever since 2011, but mostly remotely and always behind the scenes, usually manning our social accounts. Well, we needed some help for our Backblaze Business Backup team and she fit right in!… Continue reading Natasha Joins Backblaze Business Backup
Welcome, Chuck: Our Data Center Expert
Some say that all things in life are cyclical. Backblaze pioneered DIY server architecture on a large scale with the Backblaze Storage Pods. This, in turn, spurred Facebook to start their Open Compute Project. This led to them having top-notch data center teams. And now, that leads to Chuck Goolsbee joining the Backblaze team after… Continue reading Welcome, Chuck: Our Data Center Expert
Back to Our Future
As you’ve probably already read, today is that day. October 21st, 2015. The day Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to the future to help the McFly descendants. If you haven’t seen the “Back to the Future” series, I highly recommend it (though to many people’s dismay I like the third film, the Western, best).… Continue reading Back to Our Future