Check out the 2022 year-end Drive Stats data, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Extended Maintenance Window for US West Data Center
On Wednesday, February 1, at 8:00 a.m. PT (4:00 p.m. UTC), we’ll be performing planned maintenance on a data center in our U.S. West data region. During the window, we do not anticipate any service impacts outside of what customers typically experience during our standard scheduled maintenance. Read more details here.
Backblaze vs. Dropbox: Backing Up Our Backup Claims
We hear Dropbox has expanded its offerings to include a backup. Here’s a comparison between our products so you can choose the best service for your needs.
Simplify Data Protection with Backblaze and Commvault
Take advantage of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage and Commvault to protect, store, and use data in the simplest, most robust workflow possible.
Build a Cloud Storage App in 30 Minutes
Announcing our Developer Quick-Start Guide, your intro to using Backblaze B2 with Python, Java, and CLI. Read on to learn more.
Ransomware Takeaways Q4 2022
Here’s your round-up of the most recent trends in ransomware attacks as of Q4 2022.
How to Serve Data From a Private Bucket with a Cloudflare Worker
Backblaze partners with CDN providers to offer free egress between our services. Here’s how—and why—you’d use a Cloudflare Worker to prevent direct downloads of content from your Backblaze B2 Bucket.
How to Download and Back Up Your Mastodon Account
Mastodon is a new social media platform quickly gaining popularity. If you’re using Mastodon, here’s how to back up your account data.
Stable Diffusion and Backblaze: Create a Masterpiece from a Bucket of Your Own Images
Stable Diffusion: a new tool that introduces a lot of questions about how we work—and a lot of opportunities as well. In this post, we’ll talk about how to generate AI image content from your personal photo archive in Backblaze B2.
What’s the Diff: Image-Based Backup vs. File-Based Backup
When creating an effective backup strategy, it’s important to consider how to store your data in the cloud. Understanding the difference between image-based and file-based backups can give you some insight into how to best protect and restore your data.
A Guide to Clouds: Object, File, and Block
While people are quick to recommend the “cloud” for any business scenario involving data, you need to know which cloud is right for your scenario. Let’s start with the difference between object, file, and block storage.
Top Ten Blog Posts of 2022
Here’s a roundup of the Backblaze blog’s top ten posts in 2022. Thanks for another great year, Backblaze readers.
Amazon Sunsets Cloud Drive
Amazon is deprecating their Cloud Drive. Here’s how you can safely migrate your files so you don’t lose access.
The Beginner’s Guide to Computer Backup with Backblaze
Today, we’re covering some basic fundamentals of backing up and sharing some tips to help you get the most out of Backblaze Computer Backup.
Backblaze Mobile Update: iOS and Android Bucket Management
Read on for an update to our post about the Backblaze Mobile app—with new information for users about creating buckets and deleting buckets, folders, and files.
Let’s Not Go Phishing Today: Tips for Home Computer Users
Phishing, vishing, smishing: If you’re wishing you could recognize potential scams, here’s Andy Klein with some helpful tips.
A Behind the Scenes Look at Our US East Data Center
We recently announced our U.S. East data region. Now, let’s look a little closer at our flagship data center in U.S. East, IAD1.
Backblaze Adds US East Region, Expanding Location Choices and Cloud Replication Options
Announcing Backblaze’s U.S. East data region. Now, current and future Backblaze customers can easily store datasets in different regions and take advantage of free egress for Cloud Replication.