

The online backup service includes software to automatically manage the backups of a Mac or Windows computer. The personal backup product is encrypted and data in the backup is only accessible by the account owner. Incremental cost to upgrade network speeds (symmetric 500 Mbps minimum).Backblaze Online Backup backs up PC and Mac desktop computers for $7/month, with "unlimited backup" for all the data attached to a computer, including external USB hard drives.

Percentage of data downloaded each year, based on the total amount of data The cost each site visit (contract value/number of visits), includes 4 emergency visits (once a quarter)įor each LTO system: Hours spent each week working on LTO based backup/restore/maintenance activities.Īnnual salary + benefits, FTE who manages LTO system(s) - $50/hourĬost of storage per month per GB (Backblaze) The number of times the tapes are picked up / dropped off each year On-site repair/replace service, next business day, parts and labor, 9x5 coverage. Number of hours to fully load an LTO-8 tape with 24 TB of dataĬost per year for each LTO unit. The number of tapes that can be loaded per day with 1 LTO system Number of tapes needed to do a full backup - Weekly 3, Monthly 3, Annual 1 (up to 24 TB of data per tape)ĭecreasing cost per year of LTO to from Max to MinĬost of a new LTO-8 Eight cartridge autoloader tape with 1 read/write head purchased todayĬost of a new LTO-8 Eight cartridge autoloader tape with 1 read/write head purchased down the road. Number of tapes needed for daily incremental backups (up to 24 TB of data per tape) For Cloud Storage, the data consistency software checks each file every 30 days.Ģ4 TB - the amount of data on 1 LTO Tape assuming 2:1 compression.Cloud Storage Service Level Agreement (SLA) for 99.9% uptime.The cost listed is incremental to any existing cost for Internet network service. Upgraded bandwidth is based on 500 Gbps Verizon FIOS service in major metropolitan areas.Currently only 2% of data stored with Backblaze B2 is downloaded in any given month. Data downloaded is 10% per month of all data stored.The number of tape drives available is sufficient to perform the backup service as follows:.Maintenance contract provides for onsite repair/replacement, next day service, parts and labor, 3 years, 9x5 coverage.Tape drive systems are 8-tape autoloader with a single read/write head, cost is divided over 10 years of system life.LTO tapes are replaced once 1 year unless archived.For LTO backup - the Grandfather-Father-Son backup model is used and does daily incremental backups and weekly, monthly and annual full backups.StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL) OEM.
