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- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $24.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: November 01, 2008
- Total Downloads: 2,573
- Downloads last week: 3
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 6 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? Use the built-in destination CrashPlan Central for a small monthly fee. CrashPlan runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, and now VMWare--our enterprise virtual appliance for business, at no additional cost. Version 10.29.2008 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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What's new in this version:
Version 10.29.2008 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version: CrashPlan 10.29.2008
"Peer to peer backup done right"
Pros: The best feature of Crashplan is that it allows me to backup my data to my backup disk or my friends' computer (encrypted of course), so that in case of a fire or theft, my backup is still available. And best of all: this feature is free!
Cons: It's not possible yet to define multiple backup 'sets'. I'd like to backup my music and video's to a secondary harddisk, while my family pictures and work related documents should be backed up both to my harddisk and my friends harddisk.
Summary: Installation is easy, the user interface is as clear as daylight, while it offers a huge amount of features, and it doesn't cost a dime. The paid license only adds a central server to backup to, for those unfortunates that don't have friends, or at ... read more >>
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