Comments on: CrashPlan triumphs in comparison of online backup services

By: mike s

mike s — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:09:05 +0000

Cheers ET: link now removed.

By: ET

ET — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:23:14 +0000

w0qj : Also if you use the below referral code you get a bonus 500MB extra on top of your Free 5GB! ---- Hope it helps someone.

SPAM ALERT!!!! This post is NOT about Crashplan, as much it is a way for the poster to receive "referral credits" for him/herself at Sugarsync (another backup site) Naughty Naughty!

By: Antonio

Antonio — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:56:20 +0000

I will stop using CrashPlan

I’ve been using crashplan for 5 months and it worked ok in the beginning, but now I haven’t been able to backup for 7 days, the client says that that my subscription expire and the server is unreachable. I checked my account and still have many days available.

I contacted the support team and they responded quickly with instructions that i followed and didnt solve the problem, after that I have replied twice and can’t even get a simple response from them.

By: w0qj

w0qj — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:37:57 +0000

Good review – here are a few recent changes as of June 2011:
You get 5GB of cloud storage space with the FREE version, but now there is no restriction to the number of computers you can sync/backup (up from 2).
It gives you the ability to upload and sync any folder on your computer.
It is the only service that offers such a broad device and OS support with apps for BlackBerry, Android, iPhone/iPad, Symbian, not to mention your computer!
You can also stream MP3 music files to your smartphone or computer.

Also if you use the below referral code you get a bonus 500MB extra on top of your Free 5GB!

[link removed]

Hope it helps someone.

By: Online Backups Review

Online Backups Review — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:17:05 +0000

I’m using CrashPlan, along with Mozy, for my online backups (yeah, I use 2 online backup services, but I don’t want to lose anything!). After Mozy dropped their unlimited offering, for those looking for unlimited online backup we’re recommending Backblaze or CrashPlan.

The way I see it, I’d recommend Backblaze to my mother (no options, just install it and it’s running) but I’d recommend CrashPlan to a colleague (lots of options, highly configurable)

Read my full CrashPlan review at http://www.onlinebackupsreview.com/crashplan.php

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:30:31 +0000

@mike s Yes, we are the UK Partner for CrashPlan, our software is based on CrashPlan PRO the business edition but we sell it to home and business users along with unlimited storage space on our UK based servers.

By: mike s

mike s — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:27:00 +0000

Is this directly affiliated and approved by CrashPlan?

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 06 May 2011 13:02:14 +0000

We are now providing hosting in the UK using CrashPlan PRO the business edition, we charge £5 per computer unlimited space, with telephone and email support in the UK

http://www.crashplanuk.com

There is a free 30 day trial for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Craig

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:47:46 +0000

I’m currently looking to replace crashplan. I agree it’s a simple backup solution and the ability to backup to local servers (which is all I’m interested in, really) is excellent.

However.. I recently suffered a hard disk failure and there crashplan failed. hard.

I reinstalled the OS and crashplan, ‘adopted’ the old machine and then.. nothing. It sat there ‘synchronizing’. I don’t want to synchronize I want to restore! That was 4 hours ago. Still ‘synchronizing’. At this point I’m resigned to the fact I’ve lost my data. Epic fail for backup software to not be able to restore, TBH.

Basically, anything you put into crashplan is a black hole. You might as well delete it

By: Racheal

Racheal — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:23:36 +0000

For multiple computer backups,i think Safecopy backup is better.I switched from Mozy to Safecopy backup of its prices.So i’m glad i have an affordable online backup software for all my important file backup.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:56:58 +0000

I’m leaving Carbonite as well. They throttle you down to 100kbps (upload) for data 200GB or more. Carbonite will never catch-up to what I need backed-up.

By: gayle

gayle — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 03:09:26 +0000

@Jeffrey Robison I too am very unhappy with Carbonite and the experience with tech support. I am so frustrated with the special character situation with files. I cannot do a complete restore every time I need to access a file with special characters in it. Or at least that was the advice given to me by the tech support. Terrible!!!

By: Sand

Sand — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:33:12 +0000

I am using Crashplan – I reformatted my computer, used the same Win7 disk, key, and computer name, and Crashplan told me I could not use my backup. I had to delete it because now it thinks I’m using another computer. -.- Even the software said, “This backup was made using ATLANTIS and you are on ATLANTIS” lol….so 11GB backup unusable. Good thing I have another computer with the files because I needed them today. I’ll be looking into another service.

By: mike s

mike s — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:50:25 +0000

Hi AZ – yes, CrashPlan will back up to attached USB hard drives/flash drives, but NOT to mapped Windows drives (e.g. an attached NAS device, like a Drobo box) unless you fiddle about with these botches:

https://crashplan.zendesk.com/entries/30966-backing-up-to-a-mapped-windows-drive
http://support.crashplanpro.com/doku.php/recipe/back_up_windows_mapped_drives?redirect=1

By: AZ Realtor

AZ Realtor — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:40:20 +0000

does CrashPlan back up external hard drives that are attached to a computer? cannot find this answer on their website — also are there any issues with CrashPlan backing up Thunderbird or Foxfire user files when the programs are open on the computer – can’t find this on their site either – thanks in advance — we are going to switch to something instead of Carbonite — had a friend go through grief and more grief to get files from them, and never really fully got restored — a nightmare , so we decided it is time to change – thanks