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I wonder if any of those companies talk to Backblaze about it. Like sending drives back for inspection :) I'm also curious why those companies wouldn't directl

by sigi45 8y ago

I wonder if any of those companies talk to Backblaze about it. Like sending drives back for inspection :) I'm also curious why those companies wouldn't directly talk to backblaze. I read somewhere a blog post on how they bought specific drives online at a sale.

atYevP 8y ago
Yev from Backblaze here -> > I read somewhere a blog post on how they bought specific drives online at a sale. Yea, we used to buy drives wherever we could, but that was years ago. We're larger now so we go through more established channels.
- hinkley 8y ago
  Also no natural disasters taking out the manufacturers again, right?
  - atYevP 8y ago
    Can't really count on those NOT happening - but we are more prepared now ;)
    - hinkley 8y ago
      Yeah I mean that was the impetus for buying them off the shelves, wasn’t it? It was a crisis management technique not a business plan :)
      - atYevP 8y ago
        Yes, that's right. It was one of those "better think quick" scenarios and we did what we had to in order to stay in business!
  - sigi45 8y ago
    What a bad time :|. When i remember correctly, it took over a year to get prices after the disaster.