Backblaze Server Cloud Storage and Backup Made Easy

Backblaze Server offers a simple and reliable way to store and backup your data in the cloud.

The service is designed for businesses of all sizes, with a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to manage your storage and backup needs.

Backblaze Server uses a distributed architecture to ensure that your data is always available, even in the event of a disaster.

You can store up to 10 TB of data per server, making it a great option for businesses with large data sets.

Backblaze is a cost-effective solution to store your data in a safe and secure location.

Storage with Backblaze is affordable, with a price of $0.005/GB/Month.

To get started with Backblaze, you'll need to sign up for an account, which is a straightforward process.

The simple and user-friendly control panel of SnapShooter helps beginners to control and manage their backups.

Backblaze offers predictable pricing, so you know exactly how much you'll be paying each month.

You can start by creating a Backblaze account and then linking it to your SnapShooter account for easy backup management.

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage is a game-changer for businesses that need to integrate cloud storage into their software. It was launched in September 2015.

In May 2020, Backblaze released an Amazon S3-compatible API, which allows customers to use existing tools and applications with B2 Cloud Storage without rewriting them. This makes it incredibly easy to get started.

Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage also offers cloud replication services, released in May 2022, which enable customers to back up and store data in a location geographically separate from its primary location.

To create your Backblaze credentials, you'll need to generate an App Key on the Backblaze dashboard. Click on the "App Keys" in the left pane to get started.

You'll then need to click on the "Add a new Application Key" button. This will take you to a page where you'll need to provide all the required details.

Note down the keyID and applicationKey from this page, as you'll need both to integrate Backblaze with your application. Backblaze provides a simple guide to get started with their B2 service, which includes setting up an AWS account and bucket.

You'll also need to get your API keys to authenticate with ExpanDrive. Haystack Software has a nice guide on how to get the keys, and it's recommended to use IAM keys rather than your root keys.

Once you've generated your App Key, you can use it to create backups with Backblaze. The keyID and applicationKey will be used to connect Backblaze to your remote server.

Storage and Vault Pods are the backbone of B2 Cloud Storage, and they're built to be incredibly reliable and scalable.

Each Storage Pod contains 45 hard drives connected through SATA controllers, and a software layer uses Debian and Apache to connect them to the network.

For individual Storage Pods, 15 hard drives are clustered into a single RAID6 volume with two parity drives, created with the mdadm utility.

A Backblaze Vault is made up of 20 pods, each storing a piece of a file, with 17 data pieces and 3 parity pieces.

We use our own implementation of Reed-Solomon to encode and distribute files across the 20 pods, achieving 99.99999% data durability.

The EXT4 file system is used for both Storage Pods and Vault Pods, and access is restricted to HTTPS running custom Backblaze application layer logic in Apache Tomcat.

There's no iSCSI, NFS, SQL, or Fibre Channel involved in storing or retrieving data, as these technologies don't scale as cheaply, reliably, or go as big as pods with their own IP address waiting for requests on HTTPS.

You can upload files to your Backblaze server with ease using MultCloud. This cloud storage service allows you to quickly upload files and perform personal backups.

To get started, add Backblaze to MultCloud by hitting the "Add Cloud" button. This will list Backblaze on the left side of your screen.

Open a bucket in Backblaze that you want to save files to, and tap "Upload File" from the top menu. This will prompt you to choose the computer files you'd like to backup.

Choose the files you want to upload and hit "Open" to start the upload process. MultCloud can help you upload files to Backblaze server even if you're experiencing slow upload speeds.

You can upload files to your Backblaze server using MultCloud, which can help with personal backups. MultCloud allows you to quickly upload files to Backblaze server.

To add Backblaze to MultCloud, hit the Add Cloud button and then select Backblaze from the list. This will make Backblaze available on the left side of the MultCloud interface.

You can then open a bucket in Backblaze that you want to save files to, and tap Upload File from the top menu. This will allow you to choose the computer files you'd like to backup and start uploading them to Backblaze server.

Backing up your Backblaze B2 server is also possible with the right cloud backup software, such as MultCloud.