Comments on: My journey to perfect backups http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/ how I spend my five minutes of freedom Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris McQueen http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-28985 Chris McQueen Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:00:58 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-28985 CrashPlan looks nice. I ended up getting a Windows Home Server and then backing that up to Amazon Web Services. Took a bit more money, but I can backup my PC, and Emily's Mac. CrashPlan looks nice. I ended up getting a Windows Home Server and then backing that up to Amazon Web Services. Took a bit more money, but I can backup my PC, and Emily’s Mac.

]]> By: Clint http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-12681 Clint Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:20:32 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-12681 My followup post definitely mentions the de-duplication. I've already been enjoying the forums too. This morning I commented on the need for a tweak for netbooks and already gotten a response. Very impressed. My followup post definitely mentions the de-duplication.

I’ve already been enjoying the forums too. This morning I commented on the need for a tweak for netbooks and already gotten a response. Very impressed.

]]> By: Matthew Dornquast http://blog.checkettsweb.com/2009/07/01/my-journey-to-perfect-backups/comment-page-1/#comment-12680 Matthew Dornquast Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:52:29 +0000 http://blog.checkettsweb.com/?p=38#comment-12680 Wow - Thanks for the great writeup. It's great how you explain the journey. You're not alone, the developers of CrashPlan had a similar journey.. so not surprising you like where you're ending up. One thing CrashPlan does that the others don't is automatically (and asynchronously) test your archive at the destination. It doesn't trust that wherever your data is stored is actually working! What this means is it'll detect if your drive looses a block and heal around it automatically. It'll also notify you. Another cool feature we added was de-duplication. All that data of yours, there is bound to be duplicate data in there.. so don't be surprised when the incompressible actually compresses a bit. We had one user with nearly 1TB of data that dropped down to 400GB. Anyway, after you've kicked the tires a bit more - hop on our forums and tell us which features you'd like to see. Best regards, CrashPlan Team. Wow – Thanks for the great writeup. It’s great how you explain the journey. You’re not alone, the developers of CrashPlan had a similar journey.. so not surprising you like where you’re ending up.

One thing CrashPlan does that the others don’t is automatically (and asynchronously) test your archive at the destination. It doesn’t trust that wherever your data is stored is actually working! What this means is it’ll detect if your drive looses a block and heal around it automatically. It’ll also notify you.

Another cool feature we added was de-duplication. All that data of yours, there is bound to be duplicate data in there.. so don’t be surprised when the incompressible actually compresses a bit. We had one user with nearly 1TB of data that dropped down to 400GB.

Anyway, after you’ve kicked the tires a bit more – hop on our forums and tell us which features you’d like to see.

Best regards,

CrashPlan Team.

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