Money. They don't get enough from home users, business clientele is probably more profitable for them.
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Crashplan Is Exiting the Consumer Market
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Money. They don't get enough from home users, business clientele is probably more profitable for them.
Guess my edit crossed your reply. I was able to setup an account after the original post. We'll see if it lasts, but I hope so, since I've often thought setting up a NAS at relatives' house(s) would be a nice way to backup data offsite. I could still use carbonite, but if a disaster happens, mailing data from out of state is faster than restoring from the cloud.
Really? Learn something new every day. Engineer here. I think I could set up a server farm here in my office and nobody would care
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I still think the best backup plan for most folks is simply copying their data files to a portable media device and storing it in an off site location like a bank safe deposit box. The bandwidth of a car carrying a 2 TB drive to the bank is still faster then most ISP upload speeds. And the storage capacity of even the smallest SDB is far larger then what most of the cloud services provide. Just buy a pair of portable devices large enough to make a complete backup of your data files and backup as needed. You can make more frequent local backups to cover the accidental file deletion or edit gone bad.
I don't recommend storing your data devices at work. In the event of a legal discovery motion, your devices could be taken as part of a search warrant. Do you really want LEOs perusing your porn backups while investigating your employer for SEC violations?
I don't recommend storing your data devices at work. In the event of a legal discovery motion, your devices could be taken as part of a search warrant. Do you really want LEOs perusing your porn backups while investigating your employer for SEC violations?
Really? Learn something new every day. Engineer here. I think I could set up a server farm here in my office and nobody would care
People get thrown in jail for doing that at some jobs...
The deposit box costs money as well. In fact, it will probably be more expensive than any cloud service.
Unless you have critical military data, or maybe you just want to put 10TB of pron to security box.. I don't think it's a great solution.
One reason, a lot of people have never heard about it nor seen an advertisement for the service in popular media.
This is the first time I had heard of it.
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Now referred to as...Crexit?
I migrated my account to Crashplan business. The client automatically updates to Crashplan Pro. The regular price is $10 a month per device however, for current home accounts, it is $2.5 billed a month for the first 12 months and then $10 a month after that. Can't beat online backup for $30 a year. I may switch once it goes to $10/month.
That's bound to be true. 60 bucks for unlimited storage can't be nearly as good as
Definitely more than Carbonite. I looked it up last night and they're not cheap, though apparently if you have an account the amounts listed online are discounted by as much as 50%. The other problem is that most banks have a long waiting list for Boxes.