Comments on: WHS and CrashPlan for Social Cloud Backup – Part 2 http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html The Podcast for the Home Server Enthusiast. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:16:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John in Oaks, PA http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-2758 John in Oaks, PA Mon, 13 Jun 2011 01:32:46 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-2758 All - I installed Crashplan on my Windows Home Server v1 about two weeks ago - it has been running and uploading about 150GB of my most important data ever since. It seemed to be doing just fine (about 90% done), but now I'm faced with some data corruption issues... (I have used this WHS for 2 years and never had issues before this...). Basically, whenever I try to write anything to my WHS network drive, the copy fails and the shares go offline. Only way to get them back is to do a cold boot. I'm not sure if it's CrashPlan causing issues or not.. but the timing is a bit suspicious... To try to correct, I now have all of my shared drives inaccessible and I'm in the process of doing a CHKDSK of all 17TB of my attached drives (it will likely take a week or so...argh!) All – I installed Crashplan on my Windows Home Server v1 about two weeks ago – it has been running and uploading about 150GB of my most important data ever since. It seemed to be doing just fine (about 90% done), but now I'm faced with some data corruption issues… (I have used this WHS for 2 years and never had issues before this…). Basically, whenever I try to write anything to my WHS network drive, the copy fails and the shares go offline. Only way to get them back is to do a cold boot.

I'm not sure if it's CrashPlan causing issues or not.. but the timing is a bit suspicious…

To try to correct, I now have all of my shared drives inaccessible and I'm in the process of doing a CHKDSK of all 17TB of my attached drives (it will likely take a week or so…argh!)

]]> By: eriso http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-1059 eriso Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:27:20 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-1059 IndyLux, Thank you for a quick reply! I installed CrashPlan some days ago and access the D-drive for both backing up, and receiving backup from other locations. I have tried many different scenarios (deleting, adding, restoring, backing up), and everything seems just fine! As you say, it might be that original data corruption bug that scares us all unnecessary:) I'll give you a heads up if I run into corruption issues (or other major issues) with this setup. IndyLux,

Thank you for a quick reply! I installed CrashPlan some days ago and access the D-drive for both backing up, and receiving backup from other locations. I have tried many different scenarios (deleting, adding, restoring, backing up), and everything seems just fine!

As you say, it might be that original data corruption bug that scares us all unnecessary:)

I'll give you a heads up if I run into corruption issues (or other major issues) with this setup.

]]> By: IndyLux http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-1055 IndyLux Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:39:52 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-1055 db298 - We did NOT need to run this as a service. Keep in mind, this is not officially supported by Crash Plan. Let's hope they hear our calls for a WHS app! eriso - good question. We have a little debate on this on the site. Jim and I have tried it and it worked fine. John thinks he heard that it can corrupt data but that it might be held over paranoia from the original data corruption bug. It's kind of 'use at your own risk' but I have not had any problems. Thanks! db298 – We did NOT need to run this as a service. Keep in mind, this is not officially supported by Crash Plan. Let's hope they hear our calls for a WHS app!

eriso – good question. We have a little debate on this on the site. Jim and I have tried it and it worked fine. John thinks he heard that it can corrupt data but that it might be held over paranoia from the original data corruption bug. It's kind of 'use at your own risk' but I have not had any problems.

Thanks!

]]> By: eriso http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-1054 eriso Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:11:05 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-1054 Have you had any issues backing up the D-drive directly? Evereywhere I read about installing CrashPlan on WHS they say you should never access the D-drive directly. I want to backup and let friends back up to the D-drive, but I'm afraid of possible the consequences (corrupt files etc?). Have you had any issues backing up the D-drive directly? Evereywhere I read about installing CrashPlan on WHS they say you should never access the D-drive directly.

I want to backup and let friends back up to the D-drive, but I'm afraid of possible the consequences (corrupt files etc?).

]]> By: db298 http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-980 db298 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:29:51 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-980 Presumably you installed Crashplan as a service, or is that not necessary? Presumably you installed Crashplan as a service, or is that not necessary?

]]> By: IndyLux http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-907 IndyLux Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:08:39 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-907 Dumbo469 - You're right that in the face of bandwidth caps, the options are limited. That being said, there should be some alternatives for you. You can combine 'sneaker-net' and an off site backup by seeding the destination folder with the initial file set and then just adding new files as you generate them. It's not an elegant solution and may take a lot of work to get up and running. Let us know if you figure out a good solution. Dumbo469 – You're right that in the face of bandwidth caps, the options are limited. That being said, there should be some alternatives for you. You can combine 'sneaker-net' and an off site backup by seeding the destination folder with the initial file set and then just adding new files as you generate them. It's not an elegant solution and may take a lot of work to get up and running. Let us know if you figure out a good solution.

]]> By: Dumbo469 http://homeservershow.com/whs-and-crashplan-for-social-cloud-backup-part-2.html#comment-906 Dumbo469 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:45:34 +0000 http://homeservershow.com/?p=1813#comment-906 One of the problems users in Australia have with remote backup solutions is that we have what many would think to be obscene restrictions on bandwidth. For example, my current cable plan allows me 60GB of combined upload and download per month. Once I exceed that amount I am charged AUD150 per gigabyte. That is ~USD130 or GBP70. On a WHS with 3.8TB storage, that becomes a very expensive proposition. Obviously, I would not store that amount of data in the cloud, but choosing what data to store remotely is like choosing which of my children I value most. Recovery of data from the cloud would also be expensive. For me, the only realistic solution is the equivalent of the old skeakernet. Once a fortnight, I back up various folders to an external USB drive, take to drive in to work and store it in the safe there. One of the problems users in Australia have with remote backup solutions is that we have what many would think to be obscene restrictions on bandwidth. For example, my current cable plan allows me 60GB of combined upload and download per month. Once I exceed that amount I am charged AUD150 per gigabyte. That is ~USD130 or GBP70. On a WHS with 3.8TB storage, that becomes a very expensive proposition. Obviously, I would not store that amount of data in the cloud, but choosing what data to store remotely is like choosing which of my children I value most.

Recovery of data from the cloud would also be expensive. For me, the only realistic solution is the equivalent of the old skeakernet. Once a fortnight, I back up various folders to an external USB drive, take to drive in to work and store it in the safe there.

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