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According to their FAQ, they're still running primarily out of the single DC [1]. However they did post on the blog that the new DC was online as of June 2017 [
by ShakataGaNai 9y ago
According to their FAQ, they're still running primarily out of the single DC [1]. However they did post on the blog that the new DC was online as of June 2017 [2].
I run Backblaze (backup) for Desktop but also have a local NAS that stores copies of critical items. That NAS also serves bulk storage (like old Premier Pro projects) which is backed up to B2. So critical data follows 3-2-1 backups [3]. Desktop, NAS, Backblaze. Less critical bulk data is only 2 copies, NAS & Backblaze B2.
That's a really long way of saying that 1 remote datacenter is enough for me. My data is important to me, I'm a digital packrat, but the likelyhood of something taking out my home (SF Bay Area) and Sacramento (Backblaze DC) ... likely means TEOTWAWKI [4] - and my data will be of very little concern then.
Caveat. I'm just a person. Not a business. If you're a business using B2 for backup... you probably want to worry more about multiple AZ/Region storage.
[1] https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217667468-B2-Security-and-Redundancy https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217667468-B2-Se...
[2] https://www.backblaze.com/blog/data-center-design/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/data-center-design/
[3] https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism#Survivalist_terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism#Survivalist_termin...
- atYevP 9y agoYev from Backblaze here -> very good points! We find that some folks even use us along WITH S3 or Azure as not only a different "region" but specifically because we're a different "vendor" - for greater diversification. It's easy enough to fork data over to B2 and with the low costs, it make it an easy sell for IT folks.