2015 - Page 5 of 6 - Backblaze Blog | Cloud Storage & Cloud Backup

The Complete Guide to Computer Backup

“How do I backup my computer?” That should be an easy question to answer, but if you’ve spent any time at all searching online you know that a simple query produces a myriad of results that are often confusing, incomplete, and in the end are not very helpful. What would be great is a single… Continue reading The Complete Guide to Computer Backup

Backblaze Online Backup 4.0: It’s All About the Pace

We are proud to introduce Backblaze Online Backup 4.0, our fastest release for backing up and recovering customer data. There are a lot of cool things in 4.0, but making sure our customers can back up and recover their data fast is at the top of the list. We have always allowed customers to back… Continue reading Backblaze Online Backup 4.0: It’s All About the Pace

Sys Admins & Data Center Techs Assemble!

Thank you for your interest, but this position has been filled. Please check out our jobs page for additional great opportunities at Backblaze. Backblaze is growing quickly and we are looking to expand our Operations team with the addition of two superstars. All Positions Require: Good attitude and willingness to do whatever it takes to… Continue reading Sys Admins & Data Center Techs Assemble!

Looking for a Junior Staff Accountant

Accounts Payable: Ensure timely and accurate payment to vendors and employees. Obtain approval and/or confirmation of receipt/completion of services. Check expense reports submitted for completion/accuracy. Enter approved invoices and expense reports in Quickbooks. Handle and resolve invoice/payable discrepancies. Ensure there are receipts for all charges on the credit cards & accuracy of account assignment. Maintain… Continue reading Looking for a Junior Staff Accountant

150 Petabytes of Cloud Storage

Backblaze now has 150 petabytes of customer data safely stored by our cloud backup service and waiting to be restored by our customers when requested. This customer data is stored encrypted on 980 Backblaze Storage Pods which contain 44,100 data hard drives of sizes ranging from two to six terabytes. Each week, new Storage Pods… Continue reading 150 Petabytes of Cloud Storage

10 Billion Files Restored and Counting…

As an online backup provider, people pay us to backup their data so they can recover their files when needed. On March 2nd, a little after noon Pacific Time, Backblaze reached a data recovery milestone. We restored our 10 billionth file. No alarms went off, no bells rang, no one sang the Backblaze jingle, 10… Continue reading 10 Billion Files Restored and Counting…

Storage Pod 4.5: Tweaking a Proven Design

To get the latest updates and information on ALL of the Storage Pod versions. Click Here. It has been nearly a year since we published an update to our Storage Pod design. Over the last few months we have been deploying Storage Pod 4.5, which is known internally as Storage Pod Classic. The reason for… Continue reading Storage Pod 4.5: Tweaking a Proven Design

Translating Morse Code for Verizon

Yesterday, the FCC announced that it would be reclassifying internet service providers as Title II utilities. Net neutrality has been a topic of great debate over the last few months, and while many people are excited about the change, there is also some dissent. Verizon for their part, looked to the past, claiming that the… Continue reading Translating Morse Code for Verizon

The Backblaze Song

Backblaze has a new jingle, courtesy of Jonathan Mann. Here’s the crazy story of how this came to pass. A few years ago, Jonathan set on the seemingly impossible path of creating a song a day and posting those songs to his YouTube channel. Some of those songs he’s written each day have turned in… Continue reading The Backblaze Song

Reliability Data Set for 41,000 Hard Drives Now Open-source

Stats geeks: Now it’s your turn. Backblaze has released the raw data collected from the more than 41,000 disk drives in our data center. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest data set on disk drive performance ever to be made available publicly. Over the past 16 months, I have been posting… Continue reading Reliability Data Set for 41,000 Hard Drives Now Open-source

Hard Drive Stats: FAQ

Recently, Backblaze released our 2015 hard drive failure rate statistics. After each blog post, and especially popular ones, I spend a large amount of time reading through the comments, answering what I can, and gathering a series of frequently asked questions to help us frame future blog posts better. In order to answer some of… Continue reading Hard Drive Stats: FAQ

Broadband Is Getting Broader

Today, the Federal Communications Commission took measures to redefine broadband as 25 Mbps down and 3 Mbps up in the United States. This is wonderful news for internet users, and will hopefully lead to more broadband availability for everyone in the US! The increase to 25/3 is up from 4 Mbps down and 1 Mbps… Continue reading Broadband Is Getting Broader

What Is the Best Hard Drive?

Check out the latest Hard Drive Stats. It was one year ago that I first blogged about the failure rates of specific models of hard drives, so now is a good time for an update. At Backblaze, as of December 31, 2014, we had 41,213 disk drives spinning in our data center, storing all of… Continue reading What Is the Best Hard Drive?

Ode to Macworld

Macworld Expo San Francisco It’s January. Normally at this time of the year we would just be getting back from CES and getting in to the swing of lining up our booth to exhibit at Macworld, but this year is different. Macworld is currently on hiatus, with no clear indication of when or if it… Continue reading Ode to Macworld