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I believe for CrashPlan, this ONLY applies to CLOUD backups. If you backup to local media or across computers, there is no "auto-delete" timeframe.

0xCMP 11y ago
Yea I think so, it's only for them to keep you from storing everything up there forever when it could just be stale data. I think it's fair if these are supposed to be daily backups to do this esp with cloud data and having to provide "unlimited" space to everyone using the product.
jjp 11y ago
Don't know whether I'm grand-fathered into a different terms but I've just pulled some files from a back-up on a machine that was last active 5.4 years ago.
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jarrodatCode42 11y ago
Hello Everyone, Wanted to jump in here to confirm. This policy only affects devices that have not connected to CrashPlan Central in 6 months or longer. This does not affect volumes that have not connected to the device in that period of time. (i.e. an external hard drive that has not connected in 6 months.) Additionally, there is no minimum connection time for local CrashPlan backups. It’s important for CrashPlan users to consistently connect their device(s). Part of CrashPlan’s ability to maintain the archive health and integrity relies upon regular connection from the device. CrashPlan is able to routinely perform maintenance on the archive by comparing checksums between both device and CrashPlan Central. https://support.code42.com/Administrator/3/Monitoring_And_Managing/Archive_Maintenance https://support.code42.com/Administrator/3/Monitoring_And_Ma... Please let me know if I can provide additional clarity. Best regards, Jarrod
- jonaswouters 10y ago
  Is this also the case for crashplan business or PROe? (ceejay in europe).
  - jarrodatCode42 10y ago
    Since the infrastructure for CrashPlan's backup engine is the same between our Business/Consumer clients, we recommend that all users routinely connect their devices to the backup destinations. That being said, this policy only affects CrashPlan for Home subscribers at this time.

0xCMP 11y ago

Yea I think so, it's only for them to keep you from storing everything up there forever when it could just be stale data. I think it's fair if these are supposed to be daily backups to do this esp with cloud data and having to provide "unlimited" space to everyone using the product.

jjp 11y ago

Don't know whether I'm grand-fathered into a different terms but I've just pulled some files from a back-up on a machine that was last active 5.4 years ago.

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jarrodatCode42 11y ago

Hello Everyone, Wanted to jump in here to confirm. This policy only affects devices that have not connected to CrashPlan Central in 6 months or longer. This does not affect volumes that have not connected to the device in that period of time. (i.e. an external hard drive that has not connected in 6 months.) Additionally, there is no minimum connection time for local CrashPlan backups. It’s important for CrashPlan users to consistently connect their device(s). Part of CrashPlan’s ability to maintain the archive health and integrity relies upon regular connection from the device. CrashPlan is able to routinely perform maintenance on the archive by comparing checksums between both device and CrashPlan Central. https://support.code42.com/Administrator/3/Monitoring_And_Managing/Archive_Maintenance https://support.code42.com/Administrator/3/Monitoring_And_Ma... Please let me know if I can provide additional clarity. Best regards, Jarrod

jonaswouters 10y ago
Is this also the case for crashplan business or PROe? (ceejay in europe).
- jarrodatCode42 10y ago
  Since the infrastructure for CrashPlan's backup engine is the same between our Business/Consumer clients, we recommend that all users routinely connect their devices to the backup destinations. That being said, this policy only affects CrashPlan for Home subscribers at this time.