![]() The large file sizes have saved me when my downloaded Outlook data files (which were taking up gigabytes of space) and weren’t online on the Microsoft Outlook server were lost during the C: drive crash but I managed to recover thanks to CrashPlan. Unlimited Backup Size & File Quantitiesįor the $10 per month that I’ve been paying, CrashPlan offers me unlimited file size backups as well as an unlimited quantity of files. I was even able to recover data on two separate occasions when my external hard drives stopped working (and thus I was unable to get the files out of those failed hard drives). Moreover, I have also recovered lost emails when the C: drive on my computer finally stopped working. Indeed, I have recovered from a data corruption when I saw that my backups were stuck on a particular file and I was no longer able to open the said file. So not only can CrashPlan save me when disaster strikes and I lose data from my hard drive, but I can also recover from data corruption (where the file is still there but something bad happened to it) as well as any screw ups that I inadvertently saved and wished I had back. One thing that I’ve appreciated about CrashPlan’s backup solution is that they retain multiple versions of my backups. Version RetentionĬhoosing a revision of a file from the past using CrashPlan for Small Business That way, I can continue to work without the backup slowing me down though I can configure this further if I want to be more or less aggressive with CrashPlan’s resource utilization. I have configured CrashPlan so that when I’m actively using the computer, CrashPlan uses no more than 25% of neither the computer’s processor nor the memory. Automatic BackupĬrashPlan runs in the background so it is always backing up even when I’m not aware that it’s doing so. That said, the following are additional reasons why I maintained my subscription with the CrashPlan for Small Business plan. I personally have a library of nearly 5 terabytes of mostly photos as well as business-critical data like emails, documents, text files, scripts, spreadsheets, presentations, and more. This is especially the case when you have priceless photos or important data files that you don’t want to lose. Whether the computer’s internal hard drive crashes or one or more of your external hard drives crash, being able to recover the data files that otherwise would be corrupted or lost is necessary for piece of mind. Trying to restore a file using CrashPlan for Small Business I opted to stay with CrashPlan for Small Business solution so I could continue having my backup routine while also having my already-uploaded files available for restoration should it be necessary. This was because Code42 was repositioning themselves as more of a cyber security data protection company.ĭuring that time, existing users were given a choice to go with a competitor (like BackBlaze, Carbonite, etc.) or migrate to the CrashPlan for Small Business service at $10 per month after a gradual transition period from having to pay around $5 per month. Then, around 2017-2018, the parent company of CrashPlan, Code42, eventually ditched the Home User solution in favor of either small business or enterprise solutions, which followed the traditional backup solution paradigm. For a small fee, Home Users could also go with the traditional solution of having files backed up to their cloud of servers. Status of my CrashPlan backups from the online consoleĬrashPlan initially offered an innovative free backup solution where Home Users could back up files on other subscribers’ hard drives.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |