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Brian from Backblaze here. The NAS problem isn't a technical one, it is a pricing problem. We charge a fixed amount of money "per computer" ($5) and we don't

Brian from Backblaze here. The NAS problem isn't a technical one, it is a pricing problem. We charge a fixed amount of money "per computer" ($5) and we don't throttle or limit customers in any way. We survive on "averages" - most laptop users only have less than 1 TByte and we make money, some have 50 TBytes and we lose money, but on average we are profitable. If we allowed a single user for $5 to mount network drives with Petabytes of data on them and back those up, this would tip the averages and put us out of business. So we need to solve the pricing problem. With all that said, stay tuned, we are actively trying to figure out a pricing system that will make everybody happy (NAS owners with Petabytes of data included).

antr 12y ago
I totally understand, and respect that. I'm sure there are ways (price plans) to get NAS owners to signup. I might have a NAS, but defiantly don't have petabytes of data, but on average 1TB to 1.5TB on my NAS. I'd be happy to pay $2-4 more dollars more if I could include my NAS... this is my thinking out loud, I haven't run any numbers.
e12e 12y ago
What I'd like to see (been waiting for, for a long time, actually) is "enterprise" or "pro" backblaze, more along the lines of rsync.net or similar. Something that can (willingly) handle backup from servers (at 1Gbs speed). In other words an Amazon S3/glacier-like product -- but with more transparent pricing. I'd be happy to pay a premium (way over the $5 per computer) for something like that -- I'm sure I'm not alone. Extra if the software was released under the AGPL or something -- so that I could migrate to self-host if I wanted/needed to. I don't think too many would be able to start up and compete directly with you wrt your experience with pods etc... so I think it should be viable. Less sure if anyone would "want" to move off Amazon.

antr 12y ago

I totally understand, and respect that. I'm sure there are ways (price plans) to get NAS owners to signup. I might have a NAS, but defiantly don't have petabytes of data, but on average 1TB to 1.5TB on my NAS. I'd be happy to pay $2-4 more dollars more if I could include my NAS... this is my thinking out loud, I haven't run any numbers.

e12e 12y ago

What I'd like to see (been waiting for, for a long time, actually) is "enterprise" or "pro" backblaze, more along the lines of rsync.net or similar. Something that can (willingly) handle backup from servers (at 1Gbs speed). In other words an Amazon S3/glacier-like product -- but with more transparent pricing. I'd be happy to pay a premium (way over the $5 per computer) for something like that -- I'm sure I'm not alone. Extra if the software was released under the AGPL or something -- so that I could migrate to self-host if I wanted/needed to. I don't think too many would be able to start up and compete directly with you wrt your experience with pods etc... so I think it should be viable. Less sure if anyone would "want" to move off Amazon.