Any experience with CrashPlan Pro?

[Dallas Taylor]

We use CPP here at Defacto and currently have over 3TB backed up. (we also have a fast 150/50 internet connection) The initial backup took about 45 days. Beyond that, I don't even think about it. Everything gets done automatically.

Out of all the testing we've done, it seems to be operating smoothly. (pulled down test sessions, checked... all good)

Thankfully, I haven't had any catastrophic on-site data failures, so I can't speak to a full restore. We're quadruple redundant here on site and CPP is only our very last resort in case of fire, studio damage, etc... I'm too paranoid to use it as our only backup option.

[Max Holland]

We currently back up to a network share and have critical projects backed up to drives. but I want something offsite.


Do you have the file compression turned on? not sure if it would affect pro tools sessions.

[Dallas Taylor]

I see. I think CPP would be great in that case.

I had to check my settings to see if I had the compression on and I apparently I do. We've downloaded and checked quite a few large sessions and they've been fine.

Considering CPP is so cheap, it's definitely worth a shot.

[insomaniac]

Originally Posted by Dallas Taylor

I see. I think CPP would be great in that case.

I had to check my settings to see if I had the compression on and I apparently I do. We've downloaded and checked quite a few large sessions and they've been fine.

Considering CPP is so cheap, it's definitely worth a shot.

+1, I have CPP and everything just works. I try and keep a local backup of things as well, but knowing that everything is available offsite makes me feel a lot better about my data.

[Max Holland]

with CPP it seems if I delete an old session, as long as it was backed up once I can recover it because it keeps deleted files. is this right?

[ThisIsSka]

Argh, not available in Europe or the Middle East. Gobbler seems to have a cap too, any alternatives to CPP available for us in foreign lands?

[Dallas Taylor]

Originally Posted by Max Holland

with CPP it seems if I delete an old session, as long as it was backed up once I can recover it because it keeps deleted files. is this right?

In theory, yes, but I haven't done a full test of this. I would call up CPP and ask them. I've called them before, and they were excellent.

[NReichman]

I used to use Backblaze, but didn't like the connected drive limitation.

I'm using Crashplan on (4) Macs now. If you set "remove deleted files" to never, it will keep everything.

So far, Crashplan has performed well on individual computers with one internal drive. My Mac Pro with (8) external drives is not completing its backups to Crashplan. I'm not sure why yet, but will contact support.

In the meantime, I'm taking Arq connected to Amazon Glacier for a test spin. So far it's promising. I'll post again when I know more.