Backblaze now serving 314 trillion digits of Pi. Lots of Backblaze, Inc. were taught that pi equals 3.14. Maybe 3.14159 if your teacher was ambitious. Akira Haraguchi, who holds the Guiness Book of World Records title for reciting the most digits of pi in a single run, got up to 100,000 digits in 16 hours. That's still only a fraction of the record digits of pi that are calculated - 3.18471338 x 10[-8] % to be exact. So why do Backblaze, Inc. need that much pi? A pi record isn't a burst workload. It's a system that runs at sustained pressure for months, writing checkpoints, flushing buffers, and proving that nothing quietly breaks. Last December, StorageReview set a new record, calculating 314 trillion digits on a Dell PowerEdge R7725. In honor of Pi Day, Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage has teamed up with StorageReview to host that dataset, which totals over 130TB. The pi dataset is generally available, publicly accessible, and structured for large-scale retrieval and analysis. Why pi remains a compute benchmark. Pi has long served as a proving ground for computational systems because it offers a deterministic workload with clear correctness criteria and sustained compute and input/output (I/O) demands. Records in pi computation trace back decades and reflect both mathematical and computational advances. In 1949, ENIAC - the first programmable, electronic, general-purpose, digital computer - computed 2,037 digits of pi in about 70 hours, an early demonstration of electronic computing capability that was eventually published in the paper, "The ENIAC'S 1949 Determination of π." Algorithms have evolved significantly since then. The Chudnovsky algorithm, developed in 1988, is one of the fastest converging methods for high-precision pi calculation and has been used in many modern record attempts because of its efficiency at large digit counts. Pi calculations do not mirror typical enterprise workloads such as databases or machine learning training, but their determinism and large scale make them useful for evaluating sustained performance of CPU, memory, and storage subsystems under continuous load. It's also used in various security functions including random number generation (because computers can't be truly random), cryptographic algorithms, hash functions, digital signatures, and secure communications protocols like SSL/TLS. What the 314 trillion digit run represents. In December 2025, StorageReview reported a new record by calculating pi to 314 trillion digits on a single server that ran continuously for approximately 110 days before completion. The achievement emphasizes not only the scale of the computation but also the role of storage architecture, non-uniform memory-access (NUMA) tuning, and system stability in sustaining such a workload. The raw output of the run, including checkpoints, extended beyond 2PB of data. The finalized dataset hosted in Backblaze B2 exceeds 130TB and is divided into 200GB objects suitable for staged retrieval. Engineers, researchers, and pi enthusiasts can freely retrieve their own slice of pi (or the whole thing) for analysis, performance characterization, and tool validation. Structuring the dataset into manageable objects enables selective download for analysis, parallelized workflow testing, and evaluation of sustained object retrieval performance. How to access the dataset. The 314 trillion-digit dataset is available today via Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage. To request access: * Visit the pi landing page. * Submit the required information to receive credentials. * Use the provided instructions to download via rclone, an open-source cloud storage management tool. The object layout supports both partial and full dataset retrieval strategies. Enjoy your pi! With all the ways you can use the pi dataset, Backblaze, Inc. can't wait to hear what you all are working on. Feel free to let Backblaze, Inc. know what you're working on in the comments section below, on socials, or by email. Happy experimenting!

Backblaze Inc., a cloud storage platform, has received mixed analyst reactions following its fourth-quarter results. The company reported a record adjusted EBITDA margin of 27.6% and made progress on operational and free cash flow fronts, though revenue trends varied across its B2 and Computer Backup segments. On 24 February, Oppenheimer reduced its price target on Backblaze from $9.50 to $8.50 whilst maintaining an Outperform rating, suggesting upside potential exceeding 124%. The same day, Craig-Hallum downgraded the stock from Buy to Hold, setting a target price of $4.50 with almost 19% upside potential. Some B2 deals closed later in the quarter, contributing to uneven revenue performance despite overall operational progress. The company provides cloud storage services for public, hybrid and multi-cloud data storage.

Backblaze has introduced two new tools for its Computer Backup product: the Advanced Installer and Backblaze Command Line Interface (bzcli). The tools give IT teams greater control over endpoint backup deployments across large or distributed environments. The Advanced Installer allows administrators to preconfigure and lock client settings before deployment, including backup schedules, file exclusions and security preferences. It integrates with deployment platforms such as Jamf, Kandji and Addigy. Bzcli enables remote configuration and reporting after installation through structured JSON input files. Administrators can modify settings, update schedules and retrieve reporting information through automation tools. The tools are designed to help organisations standardise backup policies and reduce configuration variability across growing teams without requiring manual user intervention.