CrashPlan Getting Out of the Home Backup Business
-
Just re-pinging this to see what people are doing. I have a few friends/family on CrashPlan and am still deciding what to suggest.
I like BB, but we never finished talking about their potentially large delay in backing up new files. Is anyone from BB still on ML? I know aaron left.
-
I'm interested in getting something for my Mum, as she has large amounts of photos (not in size just in numbers)
Think I wont more of an archive system, as today she might have photos from 2001 - 2017 filling her HD, so if I deleted them, then after the next "backup" ran these would disappear? next time the backup is ran???
So would something like B2 storage be better so I can transfer the 2001-2017 folders to there for keeping freeing up the HD on the laptop.
-
I'm sticking with Crashplan due to retention and ease of use... Especially for recommending it to other folks... Set it & forget it.
-
@dafyre said in CrashPlan Getting Out of the Home Backup Business:
I'm sticking with Crashplan due to retention and ease of use... Especially for recommending it to other folks... Set it & forget it.
As I have been looking at the competitors, I've noticed CrashPlan has a couple of features that really stand out, mainly the instant backups (not having to wait hours) and unlimited revisions. It's almost worth the extra $5 a month.
-
@brrabill said in CrashPlan Getting Out of the Home Backup Business:
@dafyre said in CrashPlan Getting Out of the Home Backup Business:
I'm sticking with Crashplan due to retention and ease of use... Especially for recommending it to other folks... Set it & forget it.
As I have been looking at the competitors, I've noticed CrashPlan has a couple of features that really stand out, mainly the instant backups (not having to wait hours) and unlimited revisions. It's almost worth the extra $5 a month.
Yeah. I've been with crashplan for god... 5 years or better. I've not found anybody that can do it as well as they can.
-
@hobbit666 said in CrashPlan Getting Out of the Home Backup Business:
I'm interested in getting something for my Mum, as she has large amounts of photos (not in size just in numbers)
Think I wont more of an archive system, as today she might have photos from 2001 - 2017 filling her HD, so if I deleted them, then after the next "backup" ran these would disappear? next time the backup is ran???
Yes, this is how backups work.
What you are wanting is storage, not a backup.
