Backing up 200gb of data took nearly half a year. I assume this was not the fault of Crashplan, but the result of serious Internet throttling by the internet provider or by state security apparatus in China where all connections to the outside world are severely curtailed. When I used Crashplan for backup in Beijing, China, the upload speeds were horrendously slow. Unfortunate for the average household computer user.

The Crashplan client is cross-platform and will run on Linux and MacĬode42 appears to have removed their plan for standard household users and now only has plans for small and large businesses. The Crashplan client automatically backs up to ensure that customers are using the very latest client and are not in danger of security leaks. It runs continuously in the background to ensure that the files selected are backed up. I stopped using it because the internet in China was simply too restricted and curtailed to make it useful. Once my data was uploaded (it took nearly a year), I was assured that my PhD research was safe. Comments: Outstanding performance over the 3 year period that I used it.

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