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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: August 20, 2009
- Total Downloads: 3,596
- Downloads last week: 40
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 5 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Instead of mucking around with removable media, Crashplan offers up a distinct alternative. Banking on ubiquitous high-speed Internet access and more than one computer per household, this service allows you to back up your entire computer to as many discreet locations as you can manage. This includes Crashplan's servers, a second PC of yours, or even your friend's computer.
Designed for PCs and Macs, Crashplan's backups are encrypted before they're sent out. The backup process runs effortlessly in the background over a high-speed network, but we wouldn't recommend it to anyone still on a dial-up modem. The simple and intuitive interface makes preference changes easy, whether you're adding or dropping files from the backup process or choosing a new backup location.
The benefit of off-site safety and security could potentially save you thousands of dollars, as anyone who has had to salvage a fire-damaged hard drive knows. Crashplan charges 10 cents per gigabyte per month to use their servers, but the company discourages this option. Given the ever-dropping cost of memory and storage drives, Crashplan may not be the wave of the future, but it's nice to have a choice for backing up essential files other than shelling out for yet another hard drive.
Publisher's description
From CrashPlan :CrashPlan is the ultimate backup solution for your home or business. Files are automatically compressed, encrypted, and transmitted to your designated backup destinations. Easily back up your laptop to a desktop, the office server off-site, or a remote employee's laptop to HQ. By using your own backup destinations you avoid monthly fees, enjoy greater security, and can recover from data loss much faster. Don't have a destination? CrashPlan comes with CrashPlan Central, your built-in online destination for a small additional fee. CrashPlan runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, and now VMWare--our enterprise virtual appliance for business, at no additional cost.
Version 7.27.2009 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version: CrashPlan 7.27.20009
Pros: Excellent software design! Clean user interface, yet gives you control over how backups are performed. Has several features that are superior to Carbonite, and doesn't drag down Windows Explorer like Carbonite does.
Cons: None that I've found.
Summary: Crashplan is an excellent application! The user interface is clean, yet it still gives you control over how backups are performed. You can schedule the time of day when backups are done, the maximum bandwidth and resources allowed (both for when y... read more >>
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Version: CrashPlan 7.27.20009
"Easy to use file backup software."
Pros: Allows you to maintain control of your data.
Cons: Slow to release updates when the Java base code is updates due to security holes in the code.
Summary: Still a valuable software package.
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Version: CrashPlan 7.27.20009
Pros: Runs unobtrusively in the background; can follow progress instantly and with regular reports; customer service very responsive; data encrypted for storage; can save multiple versions; love having multiple options for recovery should it be necessary!
Cons: Wish they had some info on their site about being security certified by 3rd party firms.
Summary: Have been using for a month, back up of my computer nearly complete. Has run seamlessly in the background (mac, OS 10.6). Had one question for customer support, received answer and solution in less than 24 hrs. Pricing is great.
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