CrashPlan+ and WHS Backup Plan

DavesComputerTips explains how he incorporates CrashPlan+ into his WHS 2011 backup plan.

All well as WHS backing up all his computers daily, Dave Hartsock also utilizes the following:

• Photo, music, and document files are stored locally on each computer and synced to a corresponding user folder on the Windows Home Server 2011 box over the network. This creates a “central” location to access the files over the network while creating a backup of each user’s files locally. This ensures there are two copies of each file and all files are available locally if there is no network or internet connectivity.
• Crashplan runs on the Windows Home Server where is silently backs up the photos, music, and other irreplaceable documents to the Crashplan servers overnight – I pay for the “Crashplan+” service for this feature.
• Crashplan also sends these files to a family member’s computer located in another city, which in turn backs up that computer’s files to my server.

It’s a great way of utilizing CrashPlan+ with our Home Server’s.

You can read his guide here.

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