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Says $10 per month, per device at this link https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/
It says unlimited. I think I'll pass though, if I add another 10TB or so to my backup the client is likely to completely break anyway assuming crashplan pro has memory issues.
No, they have a 5TB limit for migrating to their business plan from home without re-uploading. (this will REALLY suck for me...)
The plan itself is still unlimited https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/features/ > Unlimited Storage > > Whether you require gigabytes or terabytes of online backup, a subscription to the CrashPlan Online cloud will set you free from file type and size roadblocks. Plus, we’ll never charge you extra to restore your files. They’re yours, after all.
Say I have 1TB in 100,000 files (10MB/file) to archive, that's:
- $5.50 to upload ~~$0.55 to upload~~ (thanks jnish for correction!)
- $11/month to maintain ($132/year)
- $125.38 to recover my data after a crash ~~$119.88~~
http://aws.amazon.com/glacier/pricing/
I'm not sure how well it stacks up against other offsite services, e.g. Crashplan or Backblaze, where for $50/yr I get "unlimited" storage, and there's no cost for recovery.
https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl https://secure.backblaze.com/buy.htm
I can see a niche between 10-500GB where the service would be price optimal
I would probably just pick up a QNAP, or similar NAS box. Possibly with an SSD for acceleration.
"Free up storage on local machines" seems like a solution looking for a problem. There are good reasons to go with a NAS solution, but that's not one of them. Computers have shitloads of space these days. It's just going to make everything suck to needlessly move homedirs to the network.
Things a shared NAS is good for: * Profile roaming. * Shared large data sets / assets. * Centralized backup server. (But don't use SMB for this, use Crashplan or similar on the NAS box)
Things a shared NAS is NOT good for: * Shared documents - Use a cloud document (Goog, 365, whatever) * Shared databases - Use a real database server software.
Would CrashPlan Pro be crazy? It is more of a backup solution, rather than a cloud storage solution... but maybe that'd be good enough? It might even be better, because it'll give you control of retention, versioning and other stuff like that.
I hope you're also backing this data up locally.
3-2-1: 3 total copies of the data, 2 locally on different devices and 1 remote. So for you, that might mean a server w/ the data on site and another computer or two that have it along w/ the cloud copy.
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Mega and Google Drive are pretty good, and I don’t see any issues with your plan, but if you’re just backing up something like your personal laptop, why not use something like Backblaze which is $6 / month or Crashplan instead. That way you won’t have to worry about running out of space or anything.
Crashplan for Business is a product/service that backs up one computer for $10/month. Client-side encryption. No space limit. No transfer fee. You can also use it for home.
I've used their product for home computers until they changed the pricing structure. It's pretty good for both backing up and restoring.
Stored on a NAS i built, offsite backups using crashplan
When I checked I remember MS's one drive actually being the cheapest for the amount of data i need to back up but crashplan is a little more professional in it's offering (versioned backups, nice clients for backup + restores, cross platform clients, etc)
> Effective August 22, 2017, Code42 will no longer offer new – or renew – CrashPlan for Home subscriptions, and we will begin to sunset the product over several months. CrashPlan for Home will no longer be available for use starting October 23, 2018.
> At Code42, protecting your data is important to us. As we shift our business strategy to focus exclusively on enterprise and small business segments, you have two great options to continue getting the best backup solution.
> Please read on to determine how this change will impact your CrashPlan for Home subscription and what steps you should take to ensure a smooth transition to a new backup solution.
Why not turn to something like CrashPlan Pro @ 10$ a month he can backup unlimited data to the cloud and have unlimited revisions (should he set it that way).
You COULD certainly turn the desktop into a backup location but it may prove difficult depending on the HW, and it may not work as you'd like. If the desktop has a SINGLE harddrive then its almost useless as a backup location, you'd want some kind of RAID to strip the data across, then its somewhat redundant.
Typically its suggested to use the 3-2-1 rule(s)
Hey, I can't really help you with the repair question and I hope that gets resolved. But I noticed this in your post:
> Liquid isn't allowed on the same table as that computer because the work on it is too important and we can't afford another, or the repair bill for that matter. It's the most precious thing we own.
Do you have a backup? It can be as simple as buying an external hard drive and setting up Time Machine to back up your computer regularly. You can even get more advanced and look at online backup solutions like CrashPlan or BackBlaze so that your files are safe even if there's a disaster where your computer is. I use a combination of both Time Machine and CrashPlan.
And if you are renters or homeowners, is the computer covered under your homeowners/renters insurance? Be sure to add it if not.
Best of luck.
For crucial data, remember 3-2-1: 3 different places, 2 different types of media, 1 offsite.
I usually recommend Crashplan because it's either free (for local backup to your external drive) or relatively inexpensive (for offsite backup on Crashplan's servers) and it's very good.
Another option is Rsync. It's fast, free, and highly configurable. If you're a bit computer savvy, it's not too difficult to set up the batch file to run it. Then just launch the bat with Task Scheduler and you'll have automated backup for free.
SpiderOak One and perhaps CrashPlan for Business would be the well-known ones with proven longevity.
Both will be in the price range and offer more space with diff file backups.
I prefer CrashPlan, but they no longer in the consumer space and now charge $10/month for their small business plan (I think BackBlaze charges $5/month for their personal plan). They are incredibly reliable, with great support.
> Considerations
> * Version 6.6.0 of the CrashPlan for Small Business app is currently only available for Windows and Linux devices.
> * Review the CrashPlan for Small Business requirements to ensure your system is compatible with the new and improved CrashPlan for Small Business app.
> * Although 32-bit Linux systems are unsupported, previous versions of the CrashPlan for Small Business app would still function on these devices. Beginning with version 6.6.0, the CrashPlan for Small Business app does not function on 32-bit Linux devices.
> * Although using CrashPlan for Small Business on a headless computer and installing CrashPlan for Small Business on a NAS device are unsupported, previous versions of the CrashPlan for Small Business app would still function in these configurations. However, beginning with version 6.6.0, the CrashPlan for Small Business app does not function in either of these configurations.
Personally, the dropping of headless support is a real pain. The machine I'm backing up doesn't have a UI available. This was one of the reasons I picked crashplan.
From the intro vide, the UI seems extremely simplified. Hopefully that isn't a bad thing. Hopefully the multiple set support from the current client carries over.
I'm in the same situation but I don't understand why one computer will cost $150 now? I thought the Business Plan is $10/month/computer for unlimited data, so it still seems pretty reasonable? Did I miss some fine print somewhere? https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/compare/
If a new external hard drive isn't an option, look for cannon fodder on your computer or on one of your existing hard drives... sort by size and find a couple of large video files that you can live without, then start a new folder there to get started on sorting through everything else. (This is sort of the equivalent of clearing off your bed so that you have space for a Konmari sort.)
You may find it helpful to use a program to find duplicate photos in your collection. I've used the free version of Duplicate Cleaner, but there are several options.
As soon as cleared off a bit of space, set up time-based backups on your newly organized photos. Crashplan is free if you back up to an extra hard drive or a friend's computer, and will protect your photos from a hard drive failure or your own fat fingering.
Also, for what it's worth, I find it easiest to organize photos by time at the top level. It's information that I generally have available, since I can see the "Date taken" of the photos, or barring that, I can identify roughly when the picture was taken.
Honestly, if you have a decent network connection use CrashPlan.
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/
It's web based, the data is encrypted via an agent on the system and sent to your own encrypted storage. Users can self restore and you have an admin panel to show decent data, you can have it setup to seed changes depending on network usage etc.
Yikes, with a fusion drive I think you're done.
I'd recommend setting up something like crashplan on the machine as an always on-backup. In this case, yes a backup could have been done ahead of time, but, next time something might screw up by itself anyway. Crashplan can back up to an external drive but also has options for backing up offsite, which I'd highly recommend if you're running a business. https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/
What about crashplans online backup service?
It's 5 bucks a month for unlimited space, and the software works extremely well. They have an iOS/android client as well so you can access all your files from your phone/tablet if needed.
Then you wouldn't need a drive, and wouldn't have to worry about plugging it in or finding a good NAS
It may save you a bit of effort to check out something like crash plan (https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/). It’s $10/month so it’s a bit more than the deposit box but cheaper than blob storage on aws/azure for 4tb. But upload time will be a while for your music initial upload.
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/download?os=mac maybe? I think the new version is 6.x, old version is 4.x.
Edit: Looks like the 6.x version might only be for CrashPlan Pro customers, so it's gated behind a login page.
They don't, their a software company who work close with resellers and providers, so they create software so their resellers can coin off of hosting data, it's a pretty good way of sharing the love.
CrashPlan is alright, $10/mo for a computer with unlimited storage, pretty good options for restoration.
From my experience it has always been this way. If you wish to turn switch settings like compression, de duplication back on, I would contact support
I use https://www.crashplan.com.
Unlimited online backup storage, encrypted with personal encryption key, macOS, Windows clients, iOS app, versioning, free backups on other PCs, etc. Works great for me and saved me quite a few times.
Pro tip for the future: Check out Crashplan (https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/features/)
You can either pay for cloud storage, or use the free method which involves backing up your computer to a friend/family/other computer of yours.
Their cloud storage is hosted in Australia now too, so the speeds are delicious.
1: Download CrashPlan for Windows or Mac or Linux
2: Install CrashPlan onto the Computer
3: Open CrashPlan and create an Account. It is Free to Backup to local storage systems (Hard drives, USB drives or External Hard drives)
4: Once logged into the application select Files and click Change to select the location on the computer of what you would like to Backup.
5: Now select Destinations and click Folder then select the location of where you want to do the backup to.
6: Select it from Available Folders and press Start Backup.
7: Wait until completion.
8: You can see in the Backup Tab that the Folder location you selected is now added to the Main screen. When wanting to Backup from here simply click Start Backup
I am not that good with Reddit editing, apologies.
> I just would like to backup data I cant get again e.g. I can re-download a game if my SSD crashes but if my HDD crashes and I have files like passwords and launch codes other important things I'd back those up.
Then get an external HDD and use something like CrashPlan to back up just those files to both the HDD and a cloud store. (Disclaimer: I may possibly know people who work on CrashPlan, so please look into competitors and do your research.)
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=VeraCrypt%20Rescue%20Disk
OK, try the rescue disk and follow instructions carefully.
Future: Backup your data. Try this for a backup solution: https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/
So, sounds like a common issue with encryption, a bit gets turned and the whole pot is no longer any good. All the more reason to backup your data.
Check out crashplan. Their software is free to use if you don't want their cloud backup and it automates all these things for you. Here you can check what their free version can do. If your internet connection is fast enough, their cloud backup is reasonably prices. The competition would be for example backblaze.
I currently use Spideroak and Crashplan. They work well, but obviously they are not free. 7tb backed up for about $100 a year isn't too bad.
You can automate exporting of your records via script that runs on a timer. That can be done natively in FMP.
If you want to automate making a copy of the entire database file, that would need to be set up outside of FMP, like with an Apple Script or some backup software, but that shouldn't be done while the file is open. If you only use it during the day and are ok with nightly backups then that should work fine.
You could use something like CrashPlan to set an off site backup that runs at night and backs up to a PC at home.
It's probably a bit late now, but as a PSA: If the computer was physically OK, the data can usually be saved, even if the operating system (Windows/Linux/OsX) is borked. The easiest way is usually to boot a different operating system from a CD or memory stick, and use that to copy your files to a memory stick before reinstalling/resetting to factory settings.
Oh, and backups are nice - they work even if the computer is completely destroyed or stolen/lost. Crashplan works well for me at least.
You can get a free year of Crashplan backup and actually back that stuff up. RAID isn't backup, and on-site backup might as well not be backup as well, if anything bad actually happens.
Just one computer, my server. All my other machines back up to my server.
https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl
When you buy the unlimited Crashplan+ plan and pay for 4 years at once it's $139.99.
They also allow you to cancel at any time and they will refund your unused months.
There is also a 30 day trial so you can start your backup for a month and see how it goes before you even buy.
I know I sound like a salesperson haha but i'm just a normal consumer. I just don't see what crashplan can do wrong, everything they do seems perfect.
CrashPlan Pro is $10 per month per device. So, my edit computer is one device and any and all drives that I connect to it costs me just $10 per month for unlimited storage that backs up in the background. I've been using it for years.
No ingress/egress fees either.
Crashplan is apparently $10/computer/month. That's actually pretty tempting. Plus they seem more linux friendly, which matters to me.
Although, really the dream is to put 20TB on godaddy or hostgator and convince them that it's normal operations.
I've been using CrashPlan Pro for a number of years. It's something like $10 per computer and unlimited storage. It runs automatically in the background.
I'm not sure about sharing to external parties or anything like that. But, I suppose you could add someone as a "user" and give them whatever access they needed.
I use Crashplan for Small Business. I started using them when they had the free software to let you back up to another computer and stayed with them because I found them reliable.
I'm sorry to hear that, it's everyone's nightmare.
This guy isn't local but is quite well known online for good service and reasonable rates. He has a big YouTube channel and is very active in the Right to Repair movement. Sending to NYC isn't the easiest right now but if you send me a DM I can arrange DHL shipping to NYC for you. Overall this will cost you FAR less than any option you are likely to find online.
Going forward I highly recommend RAID1 for data integrity and using an automated off-site cloud backup service such as Crashplan or Backblaze. I use Crashplan but Backblaze has an excellent reputation and is half the price. I'd switch but it would mean re-backing up a few TB of data. Crashplan has saved my ass a bunch of times (accidental deletion or file corruption), I highly recommend using such a service.
I use crashplan (https://www.crashplan.com/) as my backup in the cloud. This works for every file on the computer, and it's unlimited file size.
It also saves revisions, so if for some reason I mess up a PSD / TIFF whatever I can usually recover it. I have it set for 1 hour intervals for revision history and it keeps files as long as you keep your monthly payment of $10.
I've been using it for years and pretty happy with how well it works in the background.
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/pricing/
Why didn't you look? Then again, same could be said about this thread's existence in the first place, this is a very common subject with plenty of discussion to refer to.
Windows 10 does have limited protection built in. It's kinda hidden; you just have to search for "Ransomware protection". It takes a few days to train it.
Similarly with other apps. There are many enterprise AV/NGAV that handle ransomware well, based upon behavior of unknown applications. But you're going to pay substantially.
There's plenty of services for online backups. I used CrashPlan a lot in the past as a home user. Once they moved to a business model, I changed, but they are a great service (https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/)
Really? https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/compare/ -- scroll down to the FAQ:
Can I add or remove computers or file servers?
Yes! You can add or remove as many computers and file servers as you like whenever you want. Each new computer or file server is an additional $9.99 USD/month (plus tax/fees) and your billing rate is automatically adjusted to accommodate the additional computers and file servers.
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That said, we've been using CrashPlan in various forms for years on client PCs, Macs and servers of all types for file-level backups, excellent product. We mainly use the Enterprise edition to back up to our own repo, but as of this week we've been alerted that Code42 is no longer a backup company, but is transitioning to a "security" company. We haven't spoken yet with our reps there, so don't have the details. As far as I'm aware the CrashPlan for SMB product isn't going away.
I'm in a similar situation in that I'm moving my main media server from Windows to Linux, which means that I can't use Backblaze Personal anymore (they don't have a Linux client) and B2 is more than I want to spend. My media is currently stored on a Terra-Master F4-220 NAS (16TB, 4x8GB, RAID10), and I have a local external backup as well.
I'm looking at Crashplan (https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/pricing/), which is $10/month per computer in the US; that's more than Backblaze but not astronomically so. I'm not thrilled, as I swore off of Crashplan after then discontinued their personal backup service a few years back (at which point I moved to Backblaze), but I can't find any other services that offers unlimited backup that supports Linux that's anywhere near my current price point.
What do you need it for? I use CrashPlan Pro to backup my local storage (including external drives & NAS). It’s $10/month but the storage is unlimited and you can specify retention policies. If you need it for backup and not for sharing files with clients, it might be worth looking into.
I use CrashPlan for auto cloud back-ups.
I also use Google Drive for specific, manual backups, along with a 2TB external/portable drive.
No matter what you use, the key is redundancy, redundancy, redundancy. Always have anything you care about backed up into two locations: one local, one offsite.
And always test any service you use. An untested backup is not a reliable backup.
Crashplan is pretty inexpensive and used it in the past for a couple of clients. They started off as home and business, they now moved to small business, but I don't think they check business credentials. I haven't signed up with them since the switch, will be giving it a shot this weekend since I finally got my R710 setup!
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Future: Subscribe to a cloud backup (https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/). IF you get infected again, have a drive failure or your system is stolen, since your data is automatically sent offsite, you can just do a factory reset or start your new system and pull your data back to your computer...
I would recommend using either CrashPlan or BackBlaze. Their both priced good. CrashPlan has umlimited plan per computer $10 per. Far as i know. They don't limit per day. I use CrashPlan for work and BlackBlaze personal. From what I see. I was only limited to for my ISP upload speed. Work 25 mbps upload and personal 10 mbps.
>Employee/accounts of about 75 people.
Are you looking to back up all 75 (individual systems/end users) or is your plan to have everything saved on a central location/server (and train your end users to not save anything on their local machines?)
S3 is kind of an option, however you will need to purchase some kind of third party software to do that. However you need to be very aware of the write costs/storage costs.
Crashplan has its own app that does a decent job (we use it) but recently ive notice the application requires us to log back in if the system reboots (and it stops back up during that time).
Our users are trained to save everything to the server, anything local is at risk for not being recovered and then we use crashplan to back up everything. Ive only had to restore a few things, and it was pretty simple. Since it backups multiple versions, the app was pretty easy when it comes to searching
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/compare/
Some comparative information
Hello /u/RomansFiveEight,
Disclosure first: I am Acronis tech.advisor/community rep.
There are actually quite a lot of backup solutions available, and Crashplan suggests to move to Carbonite
If you happen to choose Acronis True Image - let me know if any problems occur.
/u/DerekIronbutt, hi! can I somehow get in contact with Brian? It appears that the information is outdated at least for our product.
>Effective August 22, 2017, Code42 will no longer offer new – or renew – CrashPlan for Home subscriptions, and we will begin to sunset the product over several months. CrashPlan for Home will no longer be available for use starting October 23, 2018.
I don't see it called out very well, but you can see Local Destinations in the first screenshot here https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/features/. Also, my work uses CP Pro and backs up to local hard drives.
> All computers can see and restore all files from all computers by default. Why would I want my parents to have access to all my files??? Obviously in a family plan, the computers are going to be used by different members of the family. Why would anyone want everything to be visible to everyone else?
I view "Family Plan" as a couple and possibly kids. I'm okay with my wife having access to my backups, she has access to all my non-work stuff anyway. And once my daughter is old enough I'm okay with gating her access to the UI.
If you want individual accounts, PRO is $10/computer/mo and has the ability to be an admin + individual accounts. (And instead of being an upsell on the Family page, that difference is on the PRO page instead...?)
> If the borg process could be run on the server, (for example, doing a tar, passing the data stream to borg for storage), that might help, since malware on the client end could only corrupt/crash the outgoing data, and couldn't touch what is already in the server's repository.
Borg already runs on the server - the client talks to borg serve, which enforces append-only mode. It wouldn't be very useful if it was controlled client side.
> For document based backups, and backups on user PCs, CrashPlan. This is reasonably ransomware resistant.
Does it have a mechanism for preventing clients from purging old backups?
Personally I'd avoid CrashPlan on general principle, because of this disingenuous nonsense:
> > Backup data is encrypted with 448-bit encryption.
They go out of their way to highlight how many bits their encryption is, like it's a good thing. In reality, it's Blowfish, a long-obsolete 64-bit block cipher from 1993. Yeah, sure, I'll trust you with this giant pile of data...
> As another ransomware protection -- storing documents in a Git repo. ... Of course, it is only a matter of time before some software actually starts purging Git repos
So, storing documents in a local git repository and betting on ransomware not being smart enough to encrypt stuff in .git directories? How can you argue using borg on the client isn't ransomware resistant, but using git is?
I have a dental practice in CA.
- Payroll: Intuit Payroll
- Accounting: Quickbooks
- Cloud Backup: Crashplan Love it
- Time tracking: Ideablox time clock Love it
Worse - 404 page not found for https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/
This domain is successfully pointed at WP Engine, but is not configured for an account on our platform.
If you just signed up, we're still likely creating your account. Did you add this domain to your install? Did you point DNS to the correct IP address or CNAME?
Well as another poster said if you are looking for inexpensive and simple, going with an Office 365 subscription to Onedrive makes a lot of sense for what you are doing.
If you are set on using a server there are numerous options for cloud backup. All of them require setup though and some can be complicated.
Crashplan is probably the simplest out of the options out there - however it doesn't yet support Windows 2016, it's probably coming soon: https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/features/
For the adding a computer to a domain: Yes you can but it is a manual process that is somewhat involved. As long as you have experience editing the registry and changing permissions on the files though and follow the instructions very carefully you can probably do it.
However, you do need certain editions of Windows to join a domain in the first place. You can't use any "Home" editions of Windows to join a domain, you need Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, or Education editions to join the domain in the first place.
You can also access files on a share without joining a domain. The best way to do it is to first setup Windows 10 with a local user account and password. Then create a domain account with the same username and password.
Just browse to the file share and when prompted type the password.
With a budget of $1500 and assuming you are starting from scratch with no additional server resources, I would recommend a NAS for storage and something like CrashPlan that can automatically sync data between user systems and the NAS, while also uploading to their cloud backup if you choose that option as well.
You didn't really elaborate what you already had and only listed a small budget so I just went based off assumptions. If you have servers and a domain already setup I would hook the NAS to the existing servers and then just make some mapped drives to said NAS and tell users to work out of that.
I would recommend the free version of CrashPlan. They offer a great App and service for doing online backups, but the free tool will do the same thing with your own external media.
You can see from the feature list that it supports pretty much all the paid features except of course the online element (plus upgraded support/help & multiple backup versions). They are considered at least in the top 3-5 online backup solutions, hence why they can provide much of their solution for free - the idea is that you'll like it enough to eventually pay for the online storage part (pretty reasonable prices considering it is unlimited, but I want to avoid putting any dollar amounts in here).
>She is a small business owner and wants help with outlook, hub spot CRM, and setting up some in cloud storage.
Please don't use Outlook. It's incredibly over priced and she likely doesn't need anything exclusive that Outlook offers. Instead check out Thunderbird. Thunderbird is free and is a fantastic email client.
Hubspot CRM has a help team that can assist in setting it up.
What kind of cloud storage? Backup or Sync stuff? Is privacy and security a concern or is convenience more important?
There's effectively two solutions for free and the third one I'll answer for free as well with more information.
Edit : more info
Cloud Backup Storage = CrashPlan
Cloud Sync Storage = Dropbox*
- Note: Dropbox is the easiest sync service to use but they don't offer any backup solutions so don't depend on them for that. Dropbox also is about convenience not security so don't put any super sensitive data in a Dropbox.
How is this any different from the other CrashPlan one that's still going on if I recall correctly.
https://www.crashplan.com/carboniteswitcher/
I'm using it right now, and it's pretty good. So far I have not needed to test the recovery feature so that's even better :)
I just bought a USB3 1TB WD Passport drive which was fairly cheap.
And I also decided to just pay for CrashPlan's unlimited plan for 4 years.
Did not cost me that much, and I incremental backups a ridiculous long time, and I use their software to backup to my external drive as well :)
They do offer a "seed drive". You can get one of the drives put all of your stuff on it and then they back it up for you to "get you going".
Scroll down to the "Back it up...fast" section. https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl