Very disappointed that I cannot use CrashPlan anymore - or is there still hope?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 11:29 am
I paid for CrashPlan PRO in April 2017, but it has not been a good experience with my Asustor.
I only know later that CrashPlan is not actually supporting NAS (despite it has made an official app for Asustor). The workaround desktop app is buggy, needing to manually edit the .ui.info so many times. The backup frequently stopped and I have to log in frequently to check its progress. I cannot backup more than 1TB of files (due to my 202TE having only 1GB RAM). It took 6 months to backup my 1TB of files.
After finally backuped all my 1TB files in early November 2017, I found that CrashPlan/Code42 has been changing business model and now the CrashPlan desktop app is replaced by Code42 app. Since the Asustor-side app is not going to be updated in the foreseeable future, I can no longer find ways to backup my files in Asustor to CrashPlan. I guess this is the end of my time with CrashPlan.
In other words, the effort paid to upload my files and the money paid to CrashPlan are all for nothing. A online backup solution need to be stable, reliable and long-lasting. I figure that such backup solution won't come cheap, at least not for a reliable backup service.
Anyone has similar experience? Is there still hope for a workaround? Anyone has found other reliable online backup method? If I cannot find any good alternative, I guess I'll just stick with "backup once a month to external drive and keep the backup in office" method.
I only know later that CrashPlan is not actually supporting NAS (despite it has made an official app for Asustor). The workaround desktop app is buggy, needing to manually edit the .ui.info so many times. The backup frequently stopped and I have to log in frequently to check its progress. I cannot backup more than 1TB of files (due to my 202TE having only 1GB RAM). It took 6 months to backup my 1TB of files.
After finally backuped all my 1TB files in early November 2017, I found that CrashPlan/Code42 has been changing business model and now the CrashPlan desktop app is replaced by Code42 app. Since the Asustor-side app is not going to be updated in the foreseeable future, I can no longer find ways to backup my files in Asustor to CrashPlan. I guess this is the end of my time with CrashPlan.
In other words, the effort paid to upload my files and the money paid to CrashPlan are all for nothing. A online backup solution need to be stable, reliable and long-lasting. I figure that such backup solution won't come cheap, at least not for a reliable backup service.
Anyone has similar experience? Is there still hope for a workaround? Anyone has found other reliable online backup method? If I cannot find any good alternative, I guess I'll just stick with "backup once a month to external drive and keep the backup in office" method.