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By: Cloud Storage Providers: Backblaze Reaches 500 Petabytes of Data

Cloud Storage Providers: Backblaze Reaches 500 Petabytes of Data — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 15:55:45 +0000

[…] key part of our service is to be as open as possible with our costs and structure. After all, you are entrusting us with some of your most valuable assets. Still, it is very […]

By: Reliable Hardrives 2017 – Gaming PC Builds and Blogs

Reliable Hardrives 2017 – Gaming PC Builds and Blogs — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:09:42 +0000

[…] Increase Storage Density – For example, in Q3 we replaced 3 TB drives with 8 TB drives, more than doubling the amount of storage in a given Storage Pod for the same footprint. The cost of electricity was nominally more with the 8 TB drives, but the increase in density more than offset the additional cost. For those interested you can read more about the cost of cloud storage here. […]

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The Cost of Cloud Storage · — Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:45:14 +0000

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By: Transparency in Cloud Storage Costs

Transparency in Cloud Storage Costs — Wed, 06 Dec 2017 05:01:57 +0000

[…] Backblaze core value is being transparent, from releasing our Storage Pod designs to detailing our cloud storage cost of goods sold. We are an open book in the Cloud Storage industry. So it makes sense that opaque pricing policies […]

By: Ahin Thomas

Ahin Thomas — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 16:58:00 +0000

In reply to Anibal Ventura.

Hey Anibal – once uploaded, any file that is unchanged will not be reuploaded. We wrote a help article describing the policy here https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665548-Deduplication

By: Anibal Ventura

Anibal Ventura — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:42:00 +0000

In reply to Ahin Thomas.

Sorry, have to ask
When uploading backup does it compare files sized and only updates the news ones ?
For exemple fist upload of 35 GB backup of personal files. Second time i backup with some new files and having edited a few, does i have to fully upload the all backup of 35gb ?

By: Ahin Thomas

Ahin Thomas — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:56:00 +0000

In reply to Anibal Pereira.

Hi Anibal – Depends what you’re trying to achieve… in a sense our computer backup service does what your describing -> unlimited data backup of your computer into our cloud for $5/month…

By: Anibal Pereira

Anibal Pereira — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 16:36:00 +0000

In reply to Ahin Thomas.

sorry, im not a computer geek just wondering. I have been using hosting service from 2001, and had my share of experiences dealing with critical crisis. Hoster many times talk about RAID-1 off-site backups etc, but many times that is not the case, and you only know about it when disks crashes.

When reading about the gigantic disk space you are using to serve clients, and the “all inclusive” stategy, is there a “virtual raid” service ? Instead of having a raid setup at home with physical disks, the mirror disk whould be on the cloud. Would it generate too much traffic thus making it impossible to manage? Hardware limitations?

By: Brian Walter

Brian Walter — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 17:20:00 +0000

This is great, what percentage of revenue do you spend on R&D?