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Since people from backblaze will be reading this - what happened to the datacenter in europe? Last news I heard was Q2 2019 and we're already way past that

c0l0 7y ago
I would love to know that, too. Geographical distance to my data - and the potential bandwidth loss incurred by that - is what's keeping me personally (and, potentially, my current employer) from becoming a paying customer.
- atYevP 7y ago
  Yev from Backblaze here - oh? Where are you located!? We're working hard on EU - lots of meetings, tons of them!
  - c0l0 7y ago
    Austria. Thanks for working so hard to make this happen, looking forward to pushing offsite backups to you in the future ;)
miyuru 7y ago
not a backblaze employee, just a keen eyed user Blackblaze uses f00{0..9}.backblazeb2.com which represents different data centers. Currently f003.backblazeb2.com is live and returns a IP based out of the Netherlands.
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- diblasio 7y ago
  They're hiring here in the Netherlands too. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1351508643 https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1351508643
  - atYevP 7y ago
    That's not us - but easy mistake! I think Backbase is a NL ISP.
    - diblasio 7y ago
      aye. My mistake. Keep up the awesome service btw :).
      - atYevP 7y ago
        We shall, we shall! ;-)
- atYevP 7y ago
  Huh! Would you look at that. We had some of our Operations Team go to the Netherlands a few months ago, but they swore they just wanted to see the Rijksmuseum...
atYevP 7y ago
Yev from Backblaze here -> Still working on it ;-) You know, as a funny aside - it turns out that it's hard to open a data center in a different country. We're learning quite a bit about the process! Very fascinating stuff, will make for interesting blog posts :D
- lousken 7y ago
  Great for blog posts but any ETA? I'd like to .. you know... start backing up my data with 3-2-1 rule :P
  - atYevP 7y ago
    Hey, I wrote the blog on that (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/) so I appreciate the desire ;-) ETA...sooner than you may think, but not Today!
    - lousken 7y ago
      I know, that's why i HAD to make that reference :)

c0l0 7y ago

I would love to know that, too. Geographical distance to my data - and the potential bandwidth loss incurred by that - is what's keeping me personally (and, potentially, my current employer) from becoming a paying customer.

atYevP 7y ago
Yev from Backblaze here - oh? Where are you located!? We're working hard on EU - lots of meetings, tons of them!
- c0l0 7y ago
  Austria. Thanks for working so hard to make this happen, looking forward to pushing offsite backups to you in the future ;)

miyuru 7y ago

not a backblaze employee, just a keen eyed user Blackblaze uses f00{0..9}.backblazeb2.com which represents different data centers. Currently f003.backblazeb2.com is live and returns a IP based out of the Netherlands.

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diblasio 7y ago
They're hiring here in the Netherlands too. https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1351508643 https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/1351508643
- atYevP 7y ago
  That's not us - but easy mistake! I think Backbase is a NL ISP.
  - diblasio 7y ago
    aye. My mistake. Keep up the awesome service btw :).
    - atYevP 7y ago
      We shall, we shall! ;-)
atYevP 7y ago
Huh! Would you look at that. We had some of our Operations Team go to the Netherlands a few months ago, but they swore they just wanted to see the Rijksmuseum...

atYevP 7y ago

Yev from Backblaze here -> Still working on it ;-) You know, as a funny aside - it turns out that it's hard to open a data center in a different country. We're learning quite a bit about the process! Very fascinating stuff, will make for interesting blog posts :D

lousken 7y ago
Great for blog posts but any ETA? I'd like to .. you know... start backing up my data with 3-2-1 rule :P
- atYevP 7y ago
  Hey, I wrote the blog on that (https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/ https://www.backblaze.com/blog/the-3-2-1-backup-strategy/) so I appreciate the desire ;-) ETA...sooner than you may think, but not Today!
  - lousken 7y ago
    I know, that's why i HAD to make that reference :)