Comments on: Review: BackBlaze backup service – 25 Beta Invites for Simple Help readers

By: Backblaze launches private beta | Backblaze Blog

Backblaze launches private beta | Backblaze Blog — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:51:33 +0000

[...] published a detailed hands-on piece titled Making off-site backups brainless; SimpleHelp wrote a review the next day. Traffic on our site shot up, installs were blazing, requests for a Mac version were [...]

By: Casey Jones

Casey Jones — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:07:16 +0000

I work at Backblaze and yesterday was a big day for us. We had some press from other sites and the beta slots filled up quickly.

After working a year and a half on the product, we are excited about people’s response. We are having some growing pains, so if the install hangs on the Analyzing Drive part, you may want to try the install again. It shouldn’t take longer then 5 minutes for the install to finish.

If you have any problems or want to leave feedback, you can drop us a line at:
https://www.backblaze.com/support_cs.html

Thanks again.

By: Franko

Franko — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:06:05 +0000

Great concept! I downloaded the backblaze installer and it has been analyzing my drive for 2 hours…hope it finds what it needs…stay tuned for further updates.

By: Ross McKillop

Ross McKillop — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:12:08 +0000

@Thomas Murphy: The very private beta started earlier this year, it wasn't until yesterday (Monday, June 2nd) that they started to open the private beta a bit more.

By: Thomas Murphy

Thomas Murphy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:58:06 +0000

I had never heard of backblaze before, but its very useful and and as you said, very easy to use.
Thanks Ross!