I decided to try out a free trial of BackBlaze Backup, a cloud backup service for personal computers. The way it works is that you set up an account and install their software and Backblaze backs up your computer to their cloud servers (encrypted) in the background. You can select which files and folders you wish to leave out and it just does its thing. I have 1T of data on my MacBook Pro so at first estimate it was going to take something like 855 days to complete my first backup.

You may find optimizing your computer and Backblaze's settings will help to improve backup speeds: Disable computer sleep as Backblaze can't operate when your computer is sleeping (Mac - Energy Saver system preference. Set Backblaze's throttle as fast as possible (Backblaze system preference /. The first Backblaze backup is relatively slow, but it gets better afterward. If you aren’t content with the speeds, try to enable multithreading or change the throttling settings. Remote Features. With Backblaze, you can restore your data to a new computer or find your device if. Backblaze would be $123pa but to recover that would cost an additional $40 (a LOT cheaper than Amazon Glacier recovery though it’s per Gb costs are actually lower than B2 right now – $0.004 vs $0.005.

Backblaze Initial Backup Time Estimate– 855 days

1. Mar 26, 2015 – Introducing Threading Threading allows Backblaze to optimize upload and downloads speeds if there is network latency in the internet connection between the computer and Backblaze. While threading is pretty cool, let’s take a minute to see if this is something that can improve your upload speed.
2. Backblaze offers a non-optimal form of threading for both uploading and downloading. For uploading, Backblaze threading is enabled by default and it would be painfully slow otherwise, as the software divides up files larger than 30 MB into small 10 MB file chunks and then uploads each chunk separately.

The free trial was only 15 days so I decided to see if I could make it go any faster and they suggest removing Bandwidth Throttling. The throttling settings in backblaze on a Mac are located: Mac Settings > Backblaze > Settings > Performance tab:

Backblaze Backup Performance Settings

As you can see from the above settings, I then modified the settings for Faster Backups.

We have a Comcast business connection at work and lately the Internet has been running dog slow. I’ve spent a couple days with Comcast on the phone trying to troubleshoot our problem. Finally they had me connect my laptop directly to the modem and all the speed tests turned out fine. I came in this morning and the slow internet persisted and finally it dawned on me– I bet my (unthrottled) Backblaze backup is dragging down everyone at the office. I paused my backup and what do you know–our network returned to its snappy, fast self. Let that be a lesson to me 🙂 Throttled, I’m now back to the 855 day estimate so it’s looking like the online backup isn’t going to work with me, my large amount of data, and slow Internet connections 🙁

To uninstall Backblaze from your Mac re-download the installer disk image here and run the uninstaller.

Amazon Associate Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means if you click on an affiliate link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. The price of the item is the same whether it is an affiliate link or not. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will add value to Share Your Repair readers. By using the affiliate links, you are helping support Share Your Repair, and I genuinely appreciate your support.

If you are looking for backblaze backup threads, simply check out our links below :

1. How to optimize your settings for faster uploads – Backblaze …

https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217666578-How-to-optimize-your-settings-for-faster-uploads
Feb 22, 2018 – … and your computer, you can help to optimize your backup speed: 1. … Increase Backblaze’s speed throttle, and the number of threads used.

2. Why is my backup slow? – Backblaze Help

https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217665458-Why-is-my-backup-slow-

Mar 28, 2020 – Backblaze can backup as fast as your Internet connection allows. … Throttle -> Select the number of threads in number of Backup Threads)

3. Performance Settings (Win) – Backblaze Help

https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/217666478-Performance-Settings-Win-

Jan 26, 2020 – This limit is intended to allow your backups to upload as quickly as … the way to the right, the number of upload threads can also be configured.

Backblaze Slowing

4. Data Backup and Recovery Software Speeds Up: Backblaze 4.0

Mar 26, 2015 – Introducing Threading Threading allows Backblaze to optimize upload and downloads speeds if there is network latency in the internet connection between the computer and Backblaze. While threading is pretty cool, let’s take a minute to see if this is something that can improve your upload speed.

5. Backblaze upload speed and metrics : backblaze – Reddit

Backblaze Slow Cooker

Backblaze upload speed and metrics from backblaze

Aug 10, 2018 – I maxed out the thread number, not sure if that is the best for this connection,please guide me 🙂 … New Release -> Backblaze Computer Backup Release 7.0.2.

Backblaze Slow

6. Disclaimer: I work at Backblaze so I’m biased. 🙂 > If you have …

Backblaze Slowly

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18970466

Jan 22, 2019 – Using the Backblaze Personal Backup with 30 threads, I can upload about 1 TByte every 12 hours or so. So if you can leave your laptop at your …

7. How to speed up your initial Backblaze upload – The Sweet …

Jul 20, 2017 – You can also increase your Backup Threads limit. This feature came out in Backblaze 4. Threading is designed to optimize bandwidth utilization …

8. Is there a trick to speed up Backblaze? | MacRumors Forums

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/is-there-a-trick-to-speed-up-backblaze.2129960/

Jul 28, 2018 – Backup Threads: 1. Schedule: Continuously * The thread setting is the default '1 (recommended )' of the Backblaze app. Related info

9. Backblaze’s unlimited backup service increases upload and …

Aug 10, 2017 – Backblaze is one of the few unlimited backup services standing — in … you don’t want to have to use too many parallel threads, but on a fast …

10. How to speed up backup plans for B2 – MSP360

https://kb.msp360.com/cloud-vendors/backblazeb2/how-to-speed-up-backup-plans-for-b2

Backblaze B2 Slow

This occurs because Backblaze B2 uses fixed chunk size 100 MB and Cloudberry prepares chunks in memory (for instance with default settings of 6 thread …

11. Backing up to Backblaze B2 is slow | cPanel Forums

https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/backing-up-to-backblaze-b2-is-slow.667209/

Feb 11, 2020 – … WHM/cpanel, 86.02 and i have backblaze b2 setup as a remote backup destination. … How do I know how many threads I can increase to?

12. Speeding up your initial Backblaze backup | Digital Red

https://www.digitalred.com/support/security/backup/initial-backup/

Backblaze normally runs in the background and only needs to backup the … Faster Backups) and also change the pulldown menu for Backup Threads so that …