oj88 136 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Can you elaborate on "... using symbiotic links"? The short of it all is that Crashplan does not natively support backing up to a NAS or network share, even if you map it to a drive letter. Symbolic links allows you to point a local folder to a network folder. Suffice to say that this sort of fools Crashplan into thinking that it is writing to a local folder where in fact, the data written to the said folder is effectively redirected to the shared network folder by the OS. More info here: http://civildigest.com/2012/05/crashplan-and-network-backup/ (Option 2) Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Thanks oj88. I wasn't aware CP doesn't back up to network shares. That seems really odd to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Al_Borges 97 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Crashplan free has these restrictions, although you can still back up computer to Computer across a network using the "invite friend's computer " feature. Crashplash plus doesn't have these restrictions, even with the smallest data plan. It also gives the ability to have multiple backup sets so its pretty flexible. Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ikon 439 Posted June 17, 2013 Share Posted June 17, 2013 Just had a look: $2/mo for the lowest cost CP is pretty good. If online backup isn't really needed it's a viable option. Link to post Share on other sites
oj88 136 Posted June 18, 2013 Share Posted June 18, 2013 Another workaround just under our noses: http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/4708-crashplan-back-up-to-network-share-solved/ Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I found the CrashPlan backup to local drive option to be a bit intense on resources. Went back to Altaro Backup FS, a Time Machine like software for windows. Link to post Share on other sites
oj88 136 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I found the CrashPlan backup to local drive option to be a bit intense on resources. Went back to Altaro Backup FS, a Time Machine like software for windows. Never noticed any performance degradation with CrashPlan running. Wow, Altaro ain't cheap/ Link to post Share on other sites
awraynor 98 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I bought it on a BitsDuJour special at half-price so that helped. The online backup portion was reasonable, but for some reason when I used the local backup to external hard drive it was a bit more needy. Link to post Share on other sites
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