CrashPlan
Data Protection for SMBs with Cloud Backup
- Paid • Proprietary
- Online Backup Tool
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
What is CrashPlan?
Automatic Data Loss Protection for Your Small Business
$10 USD per month per computer.
Never worry about losing business-critical data again. CrashPlan® for Small Business makes protecting files on your devices, including your file server and external hard drives, fast and easy.
LIGHTWEIGHT, CONTINUOUS PROTECTION Runs automatically in the background. Doesn’t slow you down.
UNLIMITED STORAGE No file size restrictions or additional charge for space.
CUSTOMIZE FILE RETENTION You control how long we keep your deleted files.
RANSOMWARE RECOVERY Restore your files to the latest versions without paying a ransom for them.
EXTERNAL DRIVE PROTECTION Included for no additional cost. Keep a local copy of your files for fast recovery.
SMART PROTECTION CrashPlan protects the files you’re currently working on first, and makes it easy to go back to previous versions of your files by date.
RESTORE FROM ANY COMPUTER Restore via desktop app or browser. No charge to restore your files.
STATE-OF-THE-ART SECURITY 256-bit AES data encryption at rest, configurable security settings, and BAA available to support HIPAA compliance needs.
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- English
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- Backup
- Version Control
- peer-to-peer-backup
- offsite-backup
- Online Backup
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TechEvangelist Upvoted a comment on Déjà Dup as an alternative to CrashPlanDéjà Dup does not provide a storage back-end like CrashPlan. It's not a direct replacement.
No_more_top_1percent added CrashPlan as alternative(s) to Vup Cloud Storage
TechEvangelist Upvoted a comment on Icedrive as an alternative to CrashPlanYou won't find the word "backup" anywhere on the Icedrive site. It is only cloud storage, not a backup solution.
CrashPlan just announced that they will be discontinuing the service for home users in October 2018, focusing on enterprise customers instead.
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/consumer/nextsteps/
I wouldn't recommend to start using this service anymore.
Too bad ... I absolutely loved it. Time to move on.
I use this to backup both Windows and Linux PCs to multiple locations, including CrashPlan's servers. It works well for me on both OS's. I had to make a couple tweaks to get it working right on Linux (increased shared memory allocation, see their FAQ) but after that it runs great. No problems with failed/incomplete backups so long as the computers are left on long enough to allow them to complete. Migrating backups to a new computer is also straightforward and accomplished using the GUI. There's also an Android version that allows me to download backed up files to my phone--very nice!
I have been using CrashPlan for more than 6 months. It works but it is too CPU intensive for a background desktop backup solution. I would like it if it were more lightweight. My Windows 10 hangs up frequently when CrashPlan is running.
I crashed a disk. Estimated recovery time for my 2TB: 10-40 days Initially it was estimated at 40 days, but it speeded up, "only" 4 left days now after 7 days passed. So if it persists it would be a total of 11 days. The speed seems to vary with the times of day (slower when everyone is using it; faster at night).
I like the system, and the recovery speed/performance can be acceptable, depending on your needs. The price advantage is definitive, but you must be aware of the slow recovery.
I think I might prefer an alternative faster solution in the future
Used to be the best, but now it's barely tolerable.
The worst part of Crashplan is that it is basically a virus. What I mean is that it is designed to never shut off on your computer or close, even when you force close its process and tell it to not autostart with Windows. This is terrible because Crashplan is a terribly coded Java program that takes up tons of memory and makes my decent gaming build sound like a jet taking off 24/7. I used to like how it used up my my 8 cores and vast amounts of memory to back up faster than any other program, but since you can't get the background process to stop taking resources without uninstalling, it makes running other programs on your computer laggy. Don't even think about using this on a standard run of the mill computer.
And then you run into the customer service side, where despite the fact that there's this one guy who genuinely cares about their users, they will delete your data if you're so much as a day past schedule without paying (because a credit or paypal can have a slight issue that causes the charge to stall, you're done for). They bill in increments instead of right on the spot, so getting everything set up perfectly for the next cycle is a hassle.
They also silently took down their phone app which allowed you to pull programs from online while on the go or even look at your backup when away from the computer. That is a total bummer, especially when you now need to pay more for this.
I was once willing to pay the larger costs on using a commercial grade program to back up my priceless family photos, but now I'm just waiting for other programs to catch up backing up my data so I can finally uninstall it and cancel my billing cycle.
There is now a Business version but the upload speed is atrocious now. Not what it used to be.
its so hassle because you need to install apps to unsubscribe https://support.crashplan.com/Troubleshooting/How_To_Combine_Multiple_Email_Alerts