They also provide annual discounts, $70 for one year and $130 for two years. Their monthly unlimited backup fee is increasing by one dollar, from $6/mo to $7/mo. The new upgrade does come with a price increase. Previously, it would write files to the hard drive before uploading them, but now it skips that step and copies and encrypts the files to RAM and then uploads them. They made this possible by re-architecting how the backup app manages copying and encrypting files. The new version of Backblaze also reduces the strain on hard drives by up to 80%. The new version went from a maximum of 30 threads to 100 threads! Backblaze now supports up to 100 threads for faster online backup speeds

That means the more threads you use, the more files you can backup at the same time. Each thread backs up files to Backblaze, and they run in parallel with each other. The increased backup speed is achieved through an increase in threads. Version 8 of the Backblaze app for macOS and Windows adds performance boosts to make online backups significantly faster. The storage cloud company recently announced significant upgrades to its computer backup software. I’ve been a long-time user of Backblaze and have written about why I believe it’s the best automated method for backing up your computer online. Jon Henshaw | | 11:45pm CDT | Productivity

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