Backblaze is increasing the maximum size of our USB hard drive restores to use 4TB external drives. That means when you order a USB hard drive restore, you can now select to restore up to 3.5TB of data. That’s about a 30% increase over the previous 3TB drives that topped out at 2.6TB of data.
The price is $189, the same as before. That price includes a USB hard drive with your data, FedEx next day shipping once your data is ready, and as always you get to keep the drive. There’s no extra charge for the next day shipping and if next day shipping is not available, we’ll use the fastest means available to us via FedEx. To date, we’ve shipped restore drives to Backblaze customers in all 50 states and many countries around the globe including Canada, Spain, Germany, Japan, China, France, Australia, Italy, Belgium, New Zealand, Great Britain, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Israel, Qatar, and more. In short, you’ll get your data fast and you get to keep the drive—easy.
A Few Things to Know
- As noted, the 4TB drive maxes out at about 3.5TB of data. If you have more data than that, you will need to order additional USB Hard Drive restores. Each drive you order is $189.
- If you have multiple computers that you need to restore from, you will need to order one drive for each separate restore.
- If you purchase a USB hard drive restore, we will ship you a drive large enough to accommodate your data. For example, if you are restoring 2.1TB of data we could ship you a 3TB drive. The price will be $189 no matter what size drive we send.
The Different Ways to Restore Data with Backblaze
- Web Browser: For free, you select the files/folders you want to restore using your web browser to download the files. This is good for small amounts of data, typically 1GB or less as the web browser itself is prone to timeouts and errors.
- Backblaze Downloader: For free, you select the files/folders you want to restore using your web browser and then download and use the Backblaze Downloader to stream and checkpoint the data download. This is similar to apps like iTunes and Netflix in how data is downloaded. Be aware that larger amounts of data will consume lots of network bandwidth and will take time.
- USB Flash Drive: For $99, you select up to 110GB of files/folders you want to restore and get your files on a 128GB USB flash drive. We send it to you via next day express (within the US) so you get your data fast and you get to keep the drive.
- USB External Hard Drive: For $189, you select up to 3,500,000MB of files/folders you want to restore and get your files on an external USB hard drive large enough to hold your data, up to a 4TB drive. Once prepared, we send it to you via next day express (within the US) and you get to keep the drive.
