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Crashplan. $99 per year.
by nikanj 10y ago
Crashplan. $99 per year.
- gambiting 10y agoIt's actually just $59/year. Seems totally worth it to me.
- distances 10y agoI agree. I used to handle backups manually but wasn't very diligent with them. Crashplan works nicely with Linux, and that's now one less mental burden to care about.
- flexd 10y agoExcept if you have a bit of data you'll spend a few years uploading it. Their servers are slow. Only getting like 5-20Mbit/s, mostly slower here in Europe.
- danieldk 10y agoI use Arq - I can choose where I upload it and I can have multiple destinations.
- gambiting 10y agoArq does not offer storage on the cheapest plan(I have no idea what you are paying for then), and even the $120/year plan only includes 250GB of storage. If I signed up with Crashplan I would upload literally all of my data to it - so 4TB of personal backups then.
- danieldk 10y agoArq is actually a standalone (incremental encrypted) backup tool, though they are now also offering their own storage. Arq can be used with Amazon S3, Dropbox, OneDrive, sftp, Google Cloud Storage, etc. E.g. I use Arq with my Office 365 subscription that costs me Euro 1.38 per month (four year academic discount) for 1TB.
- flexd 10y agoArq only runs on Windows and OS X though. I would prefer to use something open-source, that runs on Linux. I won't be renewing my Crashplan subscription when it expires.
- rossng 10y agoI use Crashplan, but it's a bit rubbish. Backblaze is much better if you don't need to use it on Linux.
- azth 10y agoWhat issues have you had with Crashplan, out of curiosity? One thing about Backblaze is that they do not keep backups of files that do not exist on your computer, and that you need to connect your computer to the internet at least once every 90 days (or was it 30?)
- javawizard 10y agoCrashplan requires you to connect your computer once every six months. I found this out the hard way when I got a notice that I had 5 days to back up all of my files from an old computer elsewhere before they erased them.
- jarrodatCode42 10y agoJust wanted to clarify this policy. CrashPlan requires a device to connect to it's backup at least once within a 6 month period. This is to ensure the integrity of the data we're storing. Part of CrashPlan’s ability to maintain the backup health and integrity relies upon regular connection from the device. CrashPlan is able to routinely perform maintenance on the backup by comparing checksums between both device and CrashPlan Central. If you are unable to connect the device to the backup within a 6 month period, you can also perform a restore from the backup as this qualifies as recent backup activity.
- azth 10y agoWhat if there was corruption on the local file system, what would happen then? Also, what happens to files that were deleted from the local file system. I was under the impression that they would remain indefinitely available to restore. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
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