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Peer-reviewed study of 443,000 Backblaze hard drives ranks HGST most reliable and Toshiba the least — Analysis of 1.66 million drive-years finds Seagate and Toshiba HDDs fail at roughly twice the rate of WD and HGST

Backblaze's quarterly reports compare whichever drives are available at the time.

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Backblaze Is a Little-Known Cloud Storage Stock Up More Than 200% This Year

Backblaze Is a Little-Known Cloud Storage Stock Up More Than 200% This Year

Backblaze (BLZE) is a high-performance cloud storage platform with strong technical momentum and robust recent price appreciation. BLZE has surged 233% over the past year. Revenue is projected to grow 11.33% this year and 15.29% next year, with earnings estimated to rise 66.04% and 32.69%, respectively. Analyst sentiment is bullish...

Backblaze Stock Jumps on Huge CoreWeave AI Deal. The Bull Case Is Getting Stronger.

Backblaze jumped 44% after securing a $335 million deal with CoreWeave tied to AI storage demand.

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Backblaze Sees AI Boom Fueling Cloud Storage Demand and Neocloud Deals

Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) Chief Executive Gleb Budman said the cloud storage company is seeing a material shift in demand tied to artificial intelligence workloads, as customers seek alternatives to hyperscaler platforms and newer AI-focused cloud providers look to add storage capabilities. Speaking

Backblaze Says AI Demand Is Driving Faster Growth in B2 Cloud Storage

Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) is seeing stronger demand for its B2 cloud storage business as artificial intelligence-related workloads increase the need for high-performance data storage, CFO Marc Suidan said during a fireside chat at the Needham Technology, Media & Consumer Conference. In a discussi

Is Backblaze the Next Momentum Monster?

Backblaze is rapidly emerging as the essential storage backbone for the AI and Neocloud revolution, disrupting legacy providers with superior economics.

Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up Dropbox and OneDrive — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups

Backblaze redefines "unlimited" while users discover it's not backing up Dropbox, OneDrive, et al

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These are officially the most reliable HDDs around — latest Backblaze report praises Seagate and Western Digital, others aren't so lucky

These are officially the most reliable HDDs around — latest Backblaze report praises Seagate and Western Digital, others aren't so lucky

Backblaze analyzes 344,196 drives that collectively operated for over 115 million days, reporting improved reliability overall while exposing aging hardware risks and price volatility.

Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year

Cloud storage company releases its 2025 hard drive reliability report — overall Annualized Failure Rate drops to 1.36%, 21 percentage points lower than last year

Backblaze just released its annual drive reliability report, with the company getting a 1.36% annualized failure rate for 2025. It says that this is its best result since 2022.

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Big Rallies Brewing? 3 Analyst Favorites to Watch Closely

Big Rallies Brewing? 3 Analyst Favorites to Watch Closely

Despite share price pops after earnings, SKYT, EBS, and BLZE may still have room to rally further, as each firm has garnered strong analyst support.

Unlimited cloud backup pioneer now offers high-performance 1Tbps cloud storage for an unbelievably low price

Unlimited cloud backup pioneer now offers high-performance 1Tbps cloud storage for an unbelievably low price

Backblaze B2 Overdrive offers 1 Tbps throughput and transparent pricing.

Tiny startup could challenge Wasabi, iDrive, and BackBlaze with sovereign EU cloud storage solution at rock-bottom prices

Tiny startup could challenge Wasabi, iDrive, and BackBlaze with sovereign EU cloud storage solution at rock-bottom prices

Estonia’s Storadera offers a low-cost, sovereign alternative to US cloud providers, aiming to disrupt the storage market.

Report: HDDs are becoming less reliable — is this the price to pay for cheaper and higher-capacity storage?

Report: HDDs are becoming less reliable — is this the price to pay for cheaper and higher-capacity storage?

Hard disk drives are failing more than before, but is it a reliability issue or are variables to blame for fluctuating figures?

No, this free cloud data migration tool will not save you from the dreaded "Gmail Full Storage error" — but at least SMBs will be able to move to a cheaper no-egress cloud storage option

No, this free cloud data migration tool will not save you from the dreaded "Gmail Full Storage error" — but at least SMBs will be able to move to a cheaper no-egress cloud storage option

IDrive’s data migration tool cuts the costs and hassle of transfers.

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HDDs might be getting less reliable, but that could be OK

Backblaze survey finds HDDs are failing more than before, but the figures might not be as bad as first glance.

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Backblaze: HDDs Tend to Fail Before Three Years of Operation

Backblaze has poured through its HDD failure rates to find out exactly how long drives can be counted on for the company's cloud storage business, and the results are not what you might expect.

It's not just you - HDDs really are getting less reliable

Backblaze report sees HDD failure rates rise, but the future still looks unclear.

Expert Ratings For Backblaze

Within the last quarter, Backblaze (NASDAQ:BLZE) has observed the following analyst ratings:

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Backblaze cloud backup review: Pros, cons, features, and pricing

We review Backblaze, which in offering unlimited backups is one of the best cloud backup solutions available.

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