Our First 10 Petabyte Backblaze Vault
Ken clicked the submit button and 10 Petabytes of Backblaze Cloud Storage came online ready to accept customer data. Ken (aka the Pod Whisperer), is one of our Datacenter Operations Managers at Backblaze, and with that one click he activated Backblaze Vault 1093, which was built with 1,200 Seagate 10 TB drives (model: ST10000NM0086). After formatting and configuration of the disks, there is 10.12 Petabytes of free space remaining for customer data. Back in 2011, when Ken started at Backblaze, he was amazed that we had amassed as much as 10 Petabytes of data storage.

The Seagate 10 TB drives we deployed in vault 1093 are helium-filled drives. We had previously deployed 45 HGST 8 TB helium-filled drives where we learned one of the benefits of using helium drives — they consume less power than traditional air-filled drives. Here’s a quick comparison of the power consumption of several high-density drive models we deploy.


400 Petabytes of Cloud Storage

Today, we are pleased to announce two new security features for Backblaze. Security is a top priority at Backblaze, and we are fully committed to, and proactively invest in, keeping our users secure.

In 2015, we added additional features such as two-factor verification via SMS, which enables customers to use a mobile device to verify their identity when accessing their accounts. Earlier this year we added the ability to use mobile authenticator applications such as Google Authenticator and Authy, providing an additional method for two-factor verification. Authenticator apps provide convenience and an additional layer of access security to accounts should the user have internet access but not cell phone carrier access.

www.backblaze.com/blog/new-backblaze-security-features/

www.backblaze.com/blog/backing-up-wordpress/

www.backblaze.com/blog/media-archive-solutions/


github.com/Backblaze/b2-sdk-java

www.backblaze.com/blog/cost-data-of-transfer-cloud-storage/

www.backblaze.com/blog/how-to-get-your-first-1000-customers/

Paths to Attract Your First 1,000 Customers
Social following: If you have a massive social following, those people are a reasonable target for what you’re offering. In particular if your relationship with them is one where they would buy something you recommend, this can be one of the easiest ways to get your initial customers. However, building this type of following is non-trivial and often is done over several year

Статья короче, как они искали клиентов.
Можно обратить внимание на том, как рассуждает зарубежный рынок.
У меня методы рекламы немного другие ;)

We are thrilled to announce that, effective immediately, we are reducing the price of Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage downloads from $0.05 to $0.02 per GB. What’s more, the first gigabyte of data downloaded each day is still free.

Backblaze has always aimed to make storing data astonishingly easy and affordable. This price reduction applies immediately to all existing and new customers, and there are no tiers or minimums required to get this pricing. It’s automatic, and it starts today.



www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage-pricing.html

www.backblaze.com/blog/b2-drops-download-pricing/

www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-benchmark-stats-2016/

www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-2016-year-review/