![]() ![]() But more annoying is that on all three machines it has lost the 'state' or whatever, and went back and said zero items backed up and backed up the whole thing again. As I said, I'm cheap, I could have sent them a HD seed.still, annoying. I back up three machines with Crashplan, and all three took f.o.r.e.v.e.r to do the initial backup. It got good reviews, and I chose it because it was cheapest, so caveat emptor. It, on the other hand, has been a bummer. SPEEDING UP CRASHPLAN HOW TOBackblaze menu noted a problem along with steps to fix and how to clone the drive so no problems in the future. For example, I clone one of my disks to an external drive, so both have the same name, etc. I use Backblaze at work, I've had zero problems with Backblaze, and even when I come across an error it is pretty helpful in fixing it (or suggesting steps to fix). The only problem was when they went from an unlimited plan to a tiered pricing, and frankly I just couldn't afford to do it for what was essentially a backup of a backup of a backup. I was always able to restore files (I never needed to, but always check anyway). Initial backup was a bit long, but not bad at all. I have heard many complaints about Mozy, but actually I never had any - it worked ok. I used Mozy as sort of an experiment on a work machine that itself was used to backup files on our server. I've used all three, so I can comment a bit. But Crashplan seems to be the better service, to me. EFS encrypted files on Windows), the UI just leaves them in the "Waiting for backup" total and doesn't tell you what they are (had to go into the logs to figure out what was going on).īoth have the core features I'd consider important: continuous backup, versioning, strong encryption, deduplication and compression. * UI isn't particularly useful on backup errors: if you have a file that won't back up (i.e. * Java-based on all supported platforms: the UI is sluggish and non-native on all platforms, and I'd suspect the backup engine is a bit slower than it could be (although I don't really have any complaints there). Backblaze only keeps deleted files and old copies of things for 30 days Crashplan will keep them forever if so configured. ![]() * No limit on version retention (although it is configurable, so you don't have to retain versions forever). * No file size limit (Backblaze has a configurable file size limit defaulting to 4 GB, and has a cap of 9 GB.) * Allows you to backup to (and accept backups from) friends and family who are also using crashplan- gives you an extra level of redundancy if you want it. * Also includes a pretty good local backup tool (to tide you over until everything gets uploaded to their servers, or for recovery without having to wait for a download). * Just a bit cheaper for unlimited backup (or a lot cheaper, if you back up more than two computers). I'm pretty happy with Crashplan+ right now, although I haven't yet tried a restore (my desktop hasn't even finished backing up yet slow upload speed here). ![]()
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