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This speedtest is somewhat accurate and is pointed to our data center so should give you a decent idea of speed -> https://www.backblaze.com/speedtest/ https://

by atYevP 7y ago

This speedtest is somewhat accurate and is pointed to our data center so should give you a decent idea of speed -> https://www.backblaze.com/speedtest/ https://www.backblaze.com/speedtest/. The reason latency is a factor is that it affects how quickly data leaves your computer and gets to our data center, so if you're far away, it can play a factor!

lubblig 7y ago
Unless I missed some setting it seems like the speedtest is only for the US data center(s). Is there any way to test the speed to the EU data center?
- brianwski 7y ago
  Disclaimer: I work at Backblaze. > Is there any way to test the speed to the EU data center? Create a free Backblaze account in the EU datacenter region. Then upload/download some data! The first 10 GBytes of B2 is 100% free, you don't even need to give us a credit card so you can try it all utterly risk free with no way we could mess with you. If you run the Backblaze Personal Backup, make sure you manually configure it to use 30 threads, then let it rip and watch your bandwidth meter to see what it can use. The first 14 days are completely free, again no Credit Card required! Personally I get about 100 Mbits/sec from my home in California to the European datacenter (capped by my ISP), but if you are in Europe you should be able to hit 500 Mbits/sec using the Personal Backup Client with 30 threads if you are close enough to Amsterdam (where the datacenter is). Oh, one hint -> don't judge Backblaze Personal Backup until you have been backing up for at least 12 hours. Backblaze backs up small files first, and the latency to push 1 byte files murders performance. But after we get through all your small files, it should rip. In the end, everybody has enough bandwidth to reach everywhere in the world now, and you really shouldn't pick a service based on total throughput. I think you should pick it based on cost, comfort with the security model and how sensitive your data is, ease of use, etc. Unless you have a Petabyte or more of data, you can backup hundreds of TBytes to anywhere in the world nowadays. Easily. No problem.
- atYevP 7y ago
  Yev here -> we're actually working on an EU version of that site as well so you'd be able to toggle!
tpmx 7y ago
Thanks. > The reason latency is a factor is that it affects how quickly data leaves your computer and gets to our data center, so if you're far away, it can play a factor! Not to be an ass.. but.. uh, there does exist ways to defeat latencies in order to bring up throughput. But Backblaze isn't aware of them after more than a decade in the business?
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  Not to be an ass but.. but.. >Maybe don't do this on HN? (Again, keep in mind I mentioned TCP/QUIC.) I have no idea what QUIC is and the onyl reason I recognizes 'TCP' is because back in 1994 and 1995 I had to see "TCIP/IP" every time I wanted to connected to the internet, not everyone on HN is a network engineer and/or software dev and you're not having a private conversation, you're having a conversation that might be stumbled upon by anyone that may or may not have the slightest clue what you are talking about. If someone wants to simplify things, even greatly, in a public discussion thread then good, the rest of us might be able to have a rudimentary idea of what is being discussed.
  - boredishBoi 7y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-future/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-futur... Just because it’s a public discussion doesn’t mean there’s an obligation to explain things. I didn’t know what QUIC was either so I googled it.

by atYevP 7y ago

lubblig 7y ago

Unless I missed some setting it seems like the speedtest is only for the US data center(s). Is there any way to test the speed to the EU data center?

brianwski 7y ago
Disclaimer: I work at Backblaze. > Is there any way to test the speed to the EU data center? Create a free Backblaze account in the EU datacenter region. Then upload/download some data! The first 10 GBytes of B2 is 100% free, you don't even need to give us a credit card so you can try it all utterly risk free with no way we could mess with you. If you run the Backblaze Personal Backup, make sure you manually configure it to use 30 threads, then let it rip and watch your bandwidth meter to see what it can use. The first 14 days are completely free, again no Credit Card required! Personally I get about 100 Mbits/sec from my home in California to the European datacenter (capped by my ISP), but if you are in Europe you should be able to hit 500 Mbits/sec using the Personal Backup Client with 30 threads if you are close enough to Amsterdam (where the datacenter is). Oh, one hint -> don't judge Backblaze Personal Backup until you have been backing up for at least 12 hours. Backblaze backs up small files first, and the latency to push 1 byte files murders performance. But after we get through all your small files, it should rip. In the end, everybody has enough bandwidth to reach everywhere in the world now, and you really shouldn't pick a service based on total throughput. I think you should pick it based on cost, comfort with the security model and how sensitive your data is, ease of use, etc. Unless you have a Petabyte or more of data, you can backup hundreds of TBytes to anywhere in the world nowadays. Easily. No problem.
atYevP 7y ago
Yev here -> we're actually working on an EU version of that site as well so you'd be able to toggle!

tpmx 7y ago

Thanks. > The reason latency is a factor is that it affects how quickly data leaves your computer and gets to our data center, so if you're far away, it can play a factor! Not to be an ass.. but.. uh, there does exist ways to defeat latencies in order to bring up throughput. But Backblaze isn't aware of them after more than a decade in the business?

ryanmercer 7y ago
Not to be an ass but.. but.. >Maybe don't do this on HN? (Again, keep in mind I mentioned TCP/QUIC.) I have no idea what QUIC is and the onyl reason I recognizes 'TCP' is because back in 1994 and 1995 I had to see "TCIP/IP" every time I wanted to connected to the internet, not everyone on HN is a network engineer and/or software dev and you're not having a private conversation, you're having a conversation that might be stumbled upon by anyone that may or may not have the slightest clue what you are talking about. If someone wants to simplify things, even greatly, in a public discussion thread then good, the rest of us might be able to have a rudimentary idea of what is being discussed.
- boredishBoi 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUIC https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-future/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/http3-the-past-present-and-futur... Just because it’s a public discussion doesn’t mean there’s an obligation to explain things. I didn’t know what QUIC was either so I googled it.