SE news: September 2026
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Q2 2026 Drive Stats published
Backblaze published Q2 2026 Drive Stats: quarterly annualized failure rate 1.73% across 350K+ drives, with 20 TB+ drives now over 25% of the fleet.
How to use it in a deal: Credibility with storage-savvy buyers: Backblaze publishes its own failure data, and durability comes from erasure coding across pods, not from perfect drives.
Source: Backblaze IR · #
SSE-B2 default encryption is live for new uploads
All new B2 uploads are encrypted at rest with SSE-B2 (AES-256) by default. Existing objects are not encrypted retroactively.
How to use it in a deal: Security questionnaires: "encrypted at rest by default" is now a yes for new data; older objects need a re-copy to be encrypted.
Source: Backblaze blog · #
Suite Studios mounts B2 like a high-performance drive
Suite Studios' S3-native file streaming lets media teams mount B2 as a NAS-like drive for editing workflows.
How to use it in a deal: Answers the media objection "my editors need a drive letter, not a bucket"; bring it into post-production discovery.
Source: Backblaze blog · #
Backblaze B2 MCP Server released as open source
An open-source MCP server lets AI agents operate B2; the tools it exposes depend on the application key's capabilities.
How to use it in a deal: Agent and AI buyers: demo with a read-only key first, then a prefix-scoped write key. The blast radius is the key.
Source: Backblaze blog · #
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