Originally Posted by
CPRich
I haven't received an answer, but I assume using their software to backup to a USB drive in parallel with backing up to their cloud goes away. When I had to replace a non-system disk a few months ago, I restored overnight with no worry about ISP bandwidth limits. This I may miss the most.
It doesn't appear so. From their Features page here:
https://www.crashplan.com/en-us/business/features/
Scroll down to the "Desktop applications" section - the screenshot shows a local backup to an external USB drive.
Edit: I just scrolled down even farther and found this:
Customize your backup plan and optimize file versioning, compression and retention policies.
- Continuous or scheduled
- Off-site and local destinations
- Incremental and unlimited file versioning
- File compression and data de-duplication
- Background validation and verification
I think it's just the computer-to-computer backup that goes away. Which is kind of a bummer - that was a cool feature to get data off site without putting it in CrashPlan's cloud.
One thing I hadn't realized is that CrashPlan quietly ended its offering where they mail you a drive for a large restore. If the poop hits the fan one day and your local backups aren't sufficient, you'll be downloading your entire backup from the cloud. Backblaze not only still offers this, but it's free, assuming you mail back their drive.