atYevP

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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Happy to chat about all of them - these were the only ones I saw when I check here last night if you look at the times!
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Yev from Backblaze here -> That's right! For better or worse they usually tell it like they see it, and that helps us inform decisions!
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Yev from Backblaze -> Great to hear that from both of you! :)
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Yev from Backblaze -> Heh, clear cache and try again?
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Yev from Backblaze here -> Mostly comes down to pricing! Since our service is designed for drive failure, we don't mind a bit of it here and there, but we are const-conscious, so if the drive failure rate < cost-per-GB, we tend t
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Yev from Backblaze here -> 1. Update: we're still trying to see if there's an elegant solution that would would be financially feasible. Since we try to run a sustainable business, it's tricky. 2. Update: We have a few int
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Glad we could help!
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   I've always wanted there to be an app that find me coffee shops with comfortable couches and chairs. Might be a good starting point!
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   by atYevP 9y ago

   Mostly it's write - get fairly full - then sit until read :D
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    I'd suggest giving it a whirl, depending on the application, you can thread the upload so might be able to work around some of the latency.
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    If you look at the full data set it includes SMART stats which I think has percentage of space used and/or available. Not 100% sure about that.
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    If the pods are floatin' the sys admin's dopin'... (or some other copin' mechanism) :P
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Hey Brian! /wave
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yea, it's definitely a pain-point. Wish we had a more elegant solution, but it's a tough problem to solve!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Hey there! We've written this about temperature before: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-temperature-does-i... . As for the performance other than total failure, we do keep an eye on SMART stats -> htt
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Thanks! We're reading, and I'm going to forward that to the B2 management team. Sorry for the hassle but glad you were able to give it a whirl!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yo! I believe the 10TB ST10000NM0086 ones are helium!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    The hardware design of the vault is open! The vaults are running Backblaze v6.0 Storage Pods ( https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-serv... ) and the nice thing is, you can use whatever software you wa
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Thank you! Andy (the guy that writes them) will be happy to hear the kudos!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev from Backblaze here -> at a conference today (JNUC2017 for those curious) but I'll be checking in here to answer questions should any arise!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    We've batted the idea around :P
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev here -> it was a pain to drive around the Bay, let me tell you :P
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yes, something taking 10 years to sneak up on you is very sneaky.
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev here -> These drives will be part of our ongoing "Hard Drive Stats" posts on our blog!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev here -> I'll piggy-back a little and say that not all the pods HAVE to be powered on in order for access to remain rapid. Our Vaults system spreads shards of the data out, so if one or two pods go in to maintenance in the same V
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Sorry - yes, you're correct!
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Now it's Yev - you'd have to ask our DC techs. Every time I go to the datacenter it "feels" like the loudest part are the fans, but my ears aren't attuned to what is causing which ruckus :P
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev from Backblaze here -> We have relationships with manufacturers but don't directly buy from them (yet - fingers-crossed). It really is a combination of price/reliability. At our scale we can afford slightly higher failure r
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    Yev from Backblaze here -> That's definitely not normal, how much data/files do you have (are you doing a .zip or a USB restore)? We're currently QAing a dramatic increase to the restores, but right now only available inte
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    by atYevP 9y ago

    I'll respond! Ping me at yevgeniy@backblaze.com :D