Want to work at a company that helps customers in 156 countries around the world protect the memories they hold dear? Would you enjoy being part of a company that stores over 500 petabytes of customers’ photos, music, documents, and work files in a purpose-built cloud storage system? Well, here’s your chance. Backblaze is looking… Continue reading Wanted: Data Center Technician — Sacramento, CA
Year: 2018
Welcome Summer Intern: Nelly
We’ve had a great crop of interns this summer and the last one to join us was Nelly! She joins me in the marketing department and helped with a lot of my podcasting projects. One of her tasks over the three weeks that she was with us was to listen to almost 200 podcasts to… Continue reading Welcome Summer Intern: Nelly
Welcome Tina — Director of Engineering
Backblaze is getting bigger, and our engineering team is no exception! We’ve brought on a lot of great talent over the last few months, and we needed someone to make sure that team was running smoothly and efficiently. To make sure that our engineers have the tools they need and to keep all the projects… Continue reading Welcome Tina — Director of Engineering
Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2018
As of June 30, 2018 we had 100,254 spinning hard drives in Backblaze’s data centers. Of that number, there were 1,989 boot drives and 98,265 data drives. This review looks at the quarterly and lifetime statistics for the data drive models in operation in our data centers. We’ll also take another look at comparing enterprise… Continue reading Hard Drive Stats for Q2 2018
Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.3 & EOL Announcements
Backblaze announces an update to Backblaze Online Backup: Version 5.3! This is a smaller release, but does improve stability, security, and how Backblaze handles systems without a lot of RAM. This release also signals the beginning of the end of our support for a few older operating systems: Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X… Continue reading Backblaze Cloud Backup Release 5.3 & EOL Announcements
Backblaze Durability Calculates at 99.999999999% — And Why It Doesn’t Matter
All cloud storage vendors talk about data durability, but don’t tell you how they calculate what they claim. Until now. In this post, we detail the inputs and calculations for Backblaze B2’s 11 nines of durability.
Wanted: Product Marketing Manager
This position has been updated on 09/05/2018 Backblaze’s Product Marketing Manager for Business Backup is an essential member of our Marketing team, reporting to the VP of Marketing. The best PMM for Backblaze is borderline-obsessed with understanding the modern customer’s journey on a cellular level. The role requires an understanding of the challenges modern businesses… Continue reading Wanted: Product Marketing Manager
Five Cool Multi-cloud Backup Solutions You Should Consider
Keeping a copy of your data in the public cloud is a great idea and enables you to comply with the 3-2-1 backup rule. By going beyond that and adopting a multi-cloud strategy, it is possible to save money and enhance redundancy and security by having data in more than one public cloud service.
How to Back Up Your Mac’s Photos Library
Your photos are precious memories that can’t be replaced so you should make sure that no matter what happens, your photo library is safe from disaster. Here are some tips for Mac Photos users to make sure your memories are preserved.
Panna Cooking Creates the Perfect Storage Recipe with Backblaze and 45 Drives
Panna Cooking uses video to deliver recipes and cooking lessons from top chefs to eager home cooks. They needed to ensure that all their valuable video content was securely stored, yet readily available. A solution from 45 Drives and Backblaze gave Panna Cooking the best of both worlds: high performance local storage and readily accessible and affordable off-site cloud storage.
Welcome Daniel — Sales Development Rep
Our sales team is growing! As Backblaze for Business continues to grow, we needed someone to come in and help our sales team. That help came in the form of Daniel, the latest Sales Development Representative to join Backblaze! Lets learn a bit more about Daniel shall we? What is your Backblaze Title? Sales Development… Continue reading Welcome Daniel — Sales Development Rep
Computer Backup Awareness in 2018: Getting Better and Getting Worse
Back in June 2008, Backblaze launched our first Backup Awareness Survey. Beginning with that survey and each year since, we’ve asked the folks at The Harris Poll to conduct our annual survey. For the last 11 years now, they’ve asked the simple question, “How often do you backup all the data on your computer?” Let’s see what they’ve found.
How Security Mindfulness Can Help Prevent Data Disasters
Malware, ransomware, and other exploits are finding their way into business and government offices, often with the unwitting assistance of people who work there. These exploits could be prevented if workers maintained “security mindfulness” in their dealings with people and computer systems.
Welcome Jyotsna — Senior QA Engineer
As the Backblaze engineering staff continues to grow, we’re also increasing the number of QA engineers to make sure all of our services are in tip-top shape! The latest addition to our QA team is Jyotsna! Lets learn a bit more about her shall we? What is your Backblaze Title? Senior QA Engineer. Where are… Continue reading Welcome Jyotsna — Senior QA Engineer
An Inside Look at Data Center Storage Integration: A Complex, Iterative, and Sustained Process
Updating firmware is an important element of drive fleet management that many data center operators struggle with. In today’s guest post, Seagate Senior Director Jason Feist describes how important firmware updates are for optimizing the customer experience and improving both drive operation and data center reliability.
Welcome Summer Intern: Kelly
The Backblaze client team is always hard at work making sure that the backup processes are running smoothly. This summer they are getting a helping hand from Kelly, who’s joining our client engineering team as a summer intern! Learn a bit more about Kelly below. What is your Backblaze Title? Engineering intern, client-side. Where are… Continue reading Welcome Summer Intern: Kelly
Advanced Cloud Backup Solutions
Some organizations and users have advanced needs for cloud backup and archiving. By combining general purpose object cloud storage, such as Backblaze B2, with off-the-shelf and custom integrations, a wide range of solutions can be created.
Welcome Summer Intern: Colin
Our engineering team has a lot on their plates and a lot of projects they want to start working on! What better way to kick-start some of those projects than with summer interns? This year our server-side engineer is Colin! Learn a bit more about Colin below! What is your Backblaze title? Engineering intern, server-side.… Continue reading Welcome Summer Intern: Colin