Although deduplication is run per-computer, it is not run across the entire account. If I make a 5GB movie and copy it to my desktop, then copy a backup to my NAS, 10GB has to be uploaded to CrashPlan. The problem, though, is that even though all of that data has already been uploaded to CrashPlan, it needs to be uploaded again from my NAS. However, I make backups religiously – using CrashPlan, of course, but I also have a Synology NAS where I keep copies of all of my data. Having multiple copies of the same large file on one computer is a waste of space. In any case, deduplication is a great feature in case I have more than one copy of a large file, or large group of files, on my computer – but I rarely do. Sometimes my data is a ton of smaller files, like pictures, but sometimes it’s a ton of gigantic files, like 20-minute uncompressed videos from my DSLR. I have a desktop with a ton of media files on it – all my family’s pictures, all of our home videos (converted from VHS), all of the multimedia projects I’ve worked on over the years, etc. I’d write more about how easy it is, but there’s really very little to write – for the most part, the basics just work. When someone calls me because they accidentally deleted a file, I can simply log in to the website and restore a file from their computer, and email it to them or put it in DropBox. You’ll get an email weekly by default that shows you the percentage of files backed up on the various computers on your account. The basics of CrashPlan are dead simple – install it, log in, and your stuff starts backing up. That being said, CrashPlan does appear to limit your upload speed – but more on that later Finally, I have my family’s computers – in total, there’s roughly 8TB on my account, and it didn’t cost me any more money than if I had 8GB, or 80TB. In addition, I have a virtualization server, whose VMs are also backed up to CrashPlan. My desktop has over 3TB on it, and my NAS, which backs up my desktop as well as holds my media files, has another 4TB. Backup Is UnlimitedĬrashPlan’s backup is unlimited. That’s incredibly cheap for the peace-of-mind that your data is always backed up, in real time. That includes my immediate family, significant other, my laptop, my desktop, and my servers. With a one-year subscription, I pay only $149.99 for up to 10 computers.
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