Crashplan

CrashPlan

While video interviewing people at Macworld, I can't say real claim to take in all the information. Too busy worrying about compositions, wondering if I might have to whip the camera around to train it on Kev as he cracks a funny one, I really don't HEAR what the interviewees are saying.

So last night when I watched the Crashplan spokesperson explain what Crashplan IS, a lightbulb went off over my head. " Hey that's brilliant!"

A small app that running in the background, you desinate what you back up and where. The ideal situation is you and a friend or your work machine and home machine trade back ups. Swap USB drives and aim back ups at each others machines. Mac Win or Linux cross compatible. It all happens inthe background atuomatically, when you want it.

They even offer an off site solution but in their FAQ they try and talk you out of it:

Why shouldn't I backup to CrashPlan Central?

There are three good reasons you shouldn't backup to an on-line backup provider like CrashPlan Central:

• A typical machine can hold 150GB of data these days. From a typical home ISP, it can take 12 days to get all your data back! During those 12 days, you can forget about using your Internet connection or PC. Did we mention it'll take 2 months for your data to get backed up in the first place?
• We're going to charge you $15/month to store that data. That's $180/year! You can buy a USB drive for less than that.
• Let's face it: even though our data center is in a bank vault, you still don't know where your data really is, do you? You can't point to it and say, "that's my backup."

So if you don't have a lot of data, you've some spare Lincoln lying around, and you're ok with your data being stored in a vault in Minnesota, CrashPlan Central is the destination for you!

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