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. That’s incredibly cheap for the peace-of-mind that your data is always backed up, in real time.ĬrashPlan’s backup is unlimited. 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.

GUI/Service and Running Crashplan “Headless”ĬrashPlan is damn cheap.

I’ve provided a “table of contents” to let you skip to the different sections, as some may be relevant to you while others are not.

Not that I need to give you permission, but feel free to not read through the whole thing. If the cons section seems far longer than the pros section, it’s because it’s difficult to say good things about backup software – best case scenario, it backs things up and doesn’t cause any problems – not a particularly riveting subject to write about.įinally, this is a pretty long post – one that I’ve been working on for a while, and have been adding to whenever things come up. I don’t mean to advertise for it, nor do I mean to criticize it – I use it, and would recommend it to others, so long as the pros outweigh the cons.

Whenever I see CrashPlan mentioned, whether it’s a recommendation or a warning, I have yet to see a full write-up of the pros and cons of the system, so I thought I’d put my experience into a post.

I have the “Family” plan, which allows me to add up to 10 computers, and I use and abuse the unlimited backup space like there’s no tomorrow. I’ve been working with CrashPlan for about two years now, and I see it mentioned quite a bit on the HomeLab subreddit.

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