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Unfortunately, Crashplan doesn't work on a Synology box. Even if you are willing to muck around in Busybox it still won't work because there is no inotify suppo

by jm4 12y ago

Unfortunately, Crashplan doesn't work on a Synology box. Even if you are willing to muck around in Busybox it still won't work because there is no inotify support. The best you can do is sync your Synology to a PC and then upload to Crashplan from there. Support for S3 and Glacier is built in and very easy to configure. It's not a major issue if you have a RAID setup because it's less likely you will have to restore from backup. I've only had single drives go bad and I hotswapped them. I would feel much differently if I had a single drive unit.

sithadmin 12y ago
Crashplan works fine on Synology boxes, and there's more than one way to get it installed. Crashplan has an official guide (iirc), and there's packages on the SynoCommunity repositories that can be installed through the App Center.
driverdan 12y ago
That's untrue. Synology devices have supported CrashPlan for a while. DSM 4: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackupHeadlessOnASynologyNASBackupStrategies.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackup... DSM 5: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UPDATED2014HowToSetupCrashPlanCloudBackupOnASynologyNASRunningDSM50.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UPDATED2014HowToSetupCrashPlan...
- junto 12y ago
  To be fair, this isn't a Synology package, it is provided by one guy who works hard to try and get the Java Crashplan code to work on Synology. When Synology upgrades the DSM it stops working. Check out the forums to see the pain points people have to address to keep this headless client working: https://www.google.com/search?q=synology+crashplan+not+Working https://www.google.com/search?q=synology+crashplan+not+Worki... It is a hack. There should be an official release from Crashplan or Synology. Same for the other big backup cloud providers. If there was something better and supported on Synology than Amazon S3 or Glacier, I'd personally be prepared to get my wallet out. These companies are missing a big market of Synology owners who are desperate for an alternative, and no I don't want to use HiDrive.
Dylan16807 12y ago
Crashplan does full scans every few days. It won't be ideal without inotify but it will work.

by jm4 12y ago

sithadmin 12y ago

Crashplan works fine on Synology boxes, and there's more than one way to get it installed. Crashplan has an official guide (iirc), and there's packages on the SynoCommunity repositories that can be installed through the App Center.

driverdan 12y ago

That's untrue. Synology devices have supported CrashPlan for a while. DSM 4: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackupHeadlessOnASynologyNASBackupStrategies.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToSetUpCrashPlanCloudBackup... DSM 5: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UPDATED2014HowToSetupCrashPlanCloudBackupOnASynologyNASRunningDSM50.aspx http://www.hanselman.com/blog/UPDATED2014HowToSetupCrashPlan...

junto 12y ago
To be fair, this isn't a Synology package, it is provided by one guy who works hard to try and get the Java Crashplan code to work on Synology. When Synology upgrades the DSM it stops working. Check out the forums to see the pain points people have to address to keep this headless client working: https://www.google.com/search?q=synology+crashplan+not+Working https://www.google.com/search?q=synology+crashplan+not+Worki... It is a hack. There should be an official release from Crashplan or Synology. Same for the other big backup cloud providers. If there was something better and supported on Synology than Amazon S3 or Glacier, I'd personally be prepared to get my wallet out. These companies are missing a big market of Synology owners who are desperate for an alternative, and no I don't want to use HiDrive.

Dylan16807 12y ago

Crashplan does full scans every few days. It won't be ideal without inotify but it will work.