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Old 06-30-2013, 09:34 AM   #503
murraypaul
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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby View Post
Hmm... six months to do your full backup, if you had a crash and needed to restore all your files, how long will it take to get them all back?
The source files are split across multiple computers and NAS devices, so to lose all the data would mean something truly catastrophic had happened like the house burning down, in which case I'd probably have more urgent concerns
The CrashPlan UI allows you to selectively browse and download single files whenever you want, so you don't have to restore an entire backup set just to get the stuff you really need to access right now.
So you'd immediate restore the computer/urgent data backup set, selectively grab the media you want access to right away, then start the slow process of restoring everything else.
It may actually be quicker to restore than the backup, as it isn't doing the intensive block duplicate checking that occurs when uploading. I've done test restores just to prove everything works, but haven't done a performance test.
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