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I don't understand all the whining in this thread. Their new offer is pretty unbeatable: Back up for free until the end of your current CrashPlan for Home subsc

by mikevm 9y ago

I don't understand all the whining in this thread. Their new offer is pretty unbeatable: Back up for free until the end of your current CrashPlan for Home subscription, then enjoy a 75% discount for your next 12 months. After that, CrashPlan for Small Business costs $10 per device each month. So after the first discounted 12 months it will only cost $10 per backed up device. And you get: * Unlimited storage * Unlimited file versioning * Keep deleted files forever * Encryption * Headless Linux client I'm amazed that people here (who probably take in pretty decent salaries) cannot afford to pay $10 for a backup service that gives you all that.

Oletros 9y ago
Perhaps a lot of the "whining" comes from the people using the Family Plan. Going from $149/year for 2-10 computers to $240-$1200/year is not a little increase
- mikevm 9y ago
  In my case I just have NAS that centralizes anything that is important and have only one CrashPlan instance running on it. Any computer in the house that requires backup will have to store the important data in the network attached folder.
- fencepost 9y ago
  If I were actively whining it'd be about the apparent demise of the peer-to-peer option which is what I've been using for years. Heck, I have some old backup archives from old systems in there that I never got around to figuring out how to import. Guess there's new urgency if I want to pull anything out of those. That said, Crashplan itself has been a lot less reliable in recent months than I'd like - little things like my laptop only being able to back up to a home system when I'm NOT on the same network, even though I can access other services on the same machine. Guess it's time to move a new backup system higher on my priority list. Edit: The thing I really like(d) and will miss about Crashplan is the ease of adding another system to it. Either by signing into my account after installing the client on a new box (e.g. when I added a laptop) or by sharing a short code with my parents that they could simply enter to back up to my system with no real configuration required.
porker 9y ago
$10 per device is the backup world's "per-CPU" licensing. Scenario: say I have multiple computers. I have a family's computers, plus parents and in-laws. The amount to backup on everyone else's computers is small (mine is ~1.5TB, more later). Before I covered it for free, knowing that for my peace of mind it was worth it. Now I'd be looking at $1200/yr vs the $150/yr before. Aside: Regarding deduplication, I'm frustrated none of these backup systems will deduplicate across computers. My work desktop & work laptop contain many of the same files. Will any of them pick it up? No - because each computer encrypts with its own key. That's great, but for the two computers I own I'd like to set them to use the same key (this is with Arq BTW) > I'm amazed that people here (who probably take in pretty decent salaries) cannot afford to pay $10 for a backup service that gives you all that. A few points: * I'm not in SV and neither are other readers. Wages in Europe are a lot smaller (though v good in the tech sector) * I can afford it, but I'll have to spend $1000 less on something else
- mikevm 9y ago
  I can't say much about parents and in-laws, but for family I prefer to have a NAS that holds all the important data and run one CrashPlan instance on it. Anyone that wants their files backed up would simply use a mounted network folder.
hendersoon 9y ago
I could easily afford to pay $100/month for it. I just don't want to, because the perceived value isn't there. Do you think Mark Zuckerberg is willing to pay $1000 for a Big Mac? He has the money. He can easily afford it. What difference does it make to him?
matteocontrini 9y ago
That's a business plan, not for individuals. You'll have to give details about your company, so if you don't have one...

by mikevm 9y ago

Oletros 9y ago

Perhaps a lot of the "whining" comes from the people using the Family Plan. Going from $149/year for 2-10 computers to $240-$1200/year is not a little increase

mikevm 9y ago
In my case I just have NAS that centralizes anything that is important and have only one CrashPlan instance running on it. Any computer in the house that requires backup will have to store the important data in the network attached folder.
fencepost 9y ago
If I were actively whining it'd be about the apparent demise of the peer-to-peer option which is what I've been using for years. Heck, I have some old backup archives from old systems in there that I never got around to figuring out how to import. Guess there's new urgency if I want to pull anything out of those. That said, Crashplan itself has been a lot less reliable in recent months than I'd like - little things like my laptop only being able to back up to a home system when I'm NOT on the same network, even though I can access other services on the same machine. Guess it's time to move a new backup system higher on my priority list. Edit: The thing I really like(d) and will miss about Crashplan is the ease of adding another system to it. Either by signing into my account after installing the client on a new box (e.g. when I added a laptop) or by sharing a short code with my parents that they could simply enter to back up to my system with no real configuration required.

porker 9y ago

$10 per device is the backup world's "per-CPU" licensing. Scenario: say I have multiple computers. I have a family's computers, plus parents and in-laws. The amount to backup on everyone else's computers is small (mine is ~1.5TB, more later). Before I covered it for free, knowing that for my peace of mind it was worth it. Now I'd be looking at $1200/yr vs the $150/yr before. Aside: Regarding deduplication, I'm frustrated none of these backup systems will deduplicate across computers. My work desktop & work laptop contain many of the same files. Will any of them pick it up? No - because each computer encrypts with its own key. That's great, but for the two computers I own I'd like to set them to use the same key (this is with Arq BTW) > I'm amazed that people here (who probably take in pretty decent salaries) cannot afford to pay $10 for a backup service that gives you all that. A few points: * I'm not in SV and neither are other readers. Wages in Europe are a lot smaller (though v good in the tech sector) * I can afford it, but I'll have to spend $1000 less on something else

mikevm 9y ago
I can't say much about parents and in-laws, but for family I prefer to have a NAS that holds all the important data and run one CrashPlan instance on it. Anyone that wants their files backed up would simply use a mounted network folder.

hendersoon 9y ago

I could easily afford to pay $100/month for it. I just don't want to, because the perceived value isn't there. Do you think Mark Zuckerberg is willing to pay $1000 for a Big Mac? He has the money. He can easily afford it. What difference does it make to him?

matteocontrini 9y ago

That's a business plan, not for individuals. You'll have to give details about your company, so if you don't have one...