Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:41:59 +0000 Paolo Donadeo's personal Internet site and blog https://www.donadeo.net/ p.donadeo@gmail.com (Paolo Donadeo) https://www.donadeo.net/post/2012/online-backup-with-crashplan--my-experience https://www.donadeo.net/post/2012/online-backup-with-crashplan--my-experience p.donadeo@gmail.com (Paolo Donadeo) Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:06:02 +0000 2012-03-25T13:41:59.000Z English Digital life Internet Review <div> <a title="Crashplan ETA for the first backup" class="zoom-box-image" href="https://www.donadeo.net/static/2012/03/crashplan_client.png"><img class="little left" src="https://www.donadeo.net/static/2012/03/crashplan_client_small.png" alt="Crashplan ETA for the first backup" /></a> <p class="noindent">Following <a href="https://lifehacker.com/5787572/set-up-an-automated-bulletproof-file-back-up-solution">this article of Lifehacker</a> I decided to give a try to <a href="https://www.crashplan.com/">Crashplan</a>, an online "cloud" backup service that seemed very promising to me because it supports many platforms (Linux and Android included) and offers an unlimited space plan for one computer for only <a href="https://www.crashplan.com/consumer/store.vtl">$36 a year</a>. </p> <p>Installing the client for Linux is very easy, and presents all the typical backup options (timing, include/exclude paths, and so on).</p> <p>I decided to include <em>all</em> the directory I already backup with a script of mine on a USB external hard drive.</p> <p>The problem here is visible in the screenshot I saved: the estimated time for completing the first backup was 52 days!</p> <p>It's not Crashplan fault, of course, but the fact is that here in Italy we are still very far from using a remote service like that.</p> <p>Maybe I'll retry again in a a few… years.</p> </div> https://www.donadeo.net/post/2012/online-backup-with-crashplan--my-experience#commentary https://www.donadeo.net/post/2012/online-backup-with-crashplan--my-experience/feed 1