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Backblaze compared to Openstack Swift

Backblaze
Versus
Openstack Swift

Features

Storage Features of Backblaze compared to Openstack Swift
BackblazeFeaturesOpenstack Swift
Cloud based
GDPR Compliant
On premise
Open source
Versioned files
Cross Region Replication
API
S3 Compatible API
Portal, REST apiManagement interfacesREST api
Event hooks/pubsub
SLA
10 TBMaximum object filesize5 GB
Minimum object filesize
Recommended max file count per bucketunlimited, with note that it’s not recommended to store more than ~1M, depending on hardware setup for the SQLite index
unlimitedMax filesize for a bucketunlimited
unlimited. Backblaze doesn’t operate with ‘folders’, it just pretends to do so.Maximum amount of bucketsunlimited
Logs
Authentication / ACL
Direct integration with Cloudflare CDNCDN integration
Peering & interconnect
Unsupported Paid Feature Supported Unknown

Descriptions

Backblaze

Backblaze’s amazing story on how they pivoted their business to Storage Pods is a recommended read for sure.

Backblaze offers two products:

  • B2 Cloud Storage: An object storage service similar to Amazon’s S3.
  • Computer Backup: An online backup tool that allows Windows and macOS users to back up their data to offsite data centers.

Their pricing is competitive and publicly listed.

We have only listed the features of the b12 Cloud Storage solution, to make sure all providers on this site can be evenly compared.

Openstack Swift

Openstack’s founders, Rackspace and NASA, have created this platform with (public) cloud in mind.

Openstack is completely opensource and freely availalble under the Apache License. Meaning, you’re free to spin up your own cloud using their software. Openstack’s storage solution (Swift) is pluggable to be s3 compatible.

Openstack has many providers offering up their hardware on the openstack IaaS layer. To name a few: Canonical’s Ubuntu Bootstack and TATA’s managed infra services

Openstack’s pluggability is where its true power lies. Its sourcecode is written in Python and actively maintained. They have many performance and security enhancements, as well as plugins ready to be installed.

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