Backblaze,
Inc. announced Backblaze B2
Overdrive, a high-performance cloud storage solution delivering
terabit-speed throughput starting at $15 per terabyte-a fraction of
competitors' costs.
Built
for organizations pushing the limits of data throughput performance, B2
Overdrive eliminates the all-too-common compromise between performance
and economics that has constrained data-intensive workloads.
"Today's
AI, machine learning, and high-performance compute workloads demand
both lightning-fast access to massive datasets and predictable economics
that don't penalize success," said Gleb Budman, CEO at Backblaze. "With
B2 Overdrive, we're challenging the industry's assumption that
organizations must pay colossal prices for colossal performance. We've
engineered a solution that delivers the sustained high-throughput
organizations need, without the egress fees and complex pricing tiers
that are pervasive of legacy providers."
B2
Overdrive builds on Backblaze's always-hot cloud storage infrastructure
with expanded networking and storage capabilities that enable sustained
throughput up to a terabit per second. It transforms high-performance
cloud storage from a cost center into a strategic advantage, by
delivering:
- Terabit speed at exabyte scale: Up to a terabit per second throughput enabling rapid processing of exabyte-scale datasets without complex architectures.
- Free egress: Move data freely to any GPU cloud or high performance compute cluster with unlimited free egress.
- Private networking support: Transfer data at maximum speed through secure private networking connections to your infrastructure.
"We
need to store an insane amount of data and, at the same time, download
it to different GPU clusters around the world, and for all that to not
cost an insane amount of money. That's why we chose Backblaze," said
Dean Leitersdorf, CEO and co-founder of generative AI platform Decart.
B2 Overdrive is designed for a wide range of throughput-intensive use
cases, including AI/ML training and inference, high-performance compute,
large-scale data analytics, media processing pipelines, research
compute, and content delivery.