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I think this means it is also an end to CrashPlan's peer to peer free backup solution? I don't believe their business plan offers that. Thank goodness I bough
by rrauenza 9y ago
I think this means it is also an end to CrashPlan's peer to peer free backup solution? I don't believe their business plan offers that.
Thank goodness I bought into their long service plan. I have 1.9 years to figure this out.
We have one Linux NAS and a bunch of Windows clients. I could go with Crashplan Business on the NAS and then punt on the Windows clients. Or go back to BackupPC for windows... I hope their windows client solution has improved -- I used to have to install a Cygwin rsync daemon.
- ant512 9y agoIt's worth pointing out that CrashPlan's business client app uses Electron (because the Java client app for home users wasn't bloated enough). That's reason enough for me to look elsewhere.
- jwong_ 9y agoWow, I had heard it was native for business. Being Electron is even less native than the Java client, no thanks.
- mikevm 9y agoAccording to their website you continue using the same Java app: Do I need to install a new CrashPlan app? No. The conversion process automatically updates the CrashPlan app on your computers. Instead of the green-themed CrashPlan for Home branding, you'll see the blue-themed CrashPlan for Small Business branding. [0] https://support.crashplan.com/Subscriptions/Migrate_your_CrashPlan_for_Home_account_to_CrashPlan_for_Small_Business https://support.crashplan.com/Subscriptions/Migrate_your_Cra...
- ant512 9y agoHmm, maybe it's just the Enterprise version that's using Electron.
- syntheticnature 9y agoHmm, they said end of service would be October 22nd 2018, so I'm wondering if they were only expecting one year plus sixty days, not 1.9 years plus sixty days... may need to check on your situation. In any case, it sounds like the business version drops the peer to peer free solution.