Benefits and features of the HFS CrashPlan Cloud Backup Service

Benefits and advantages of CrashPlan Cloud Backup

The HFS CrashPlan backup implementation is cloud-based and has the following benefits and advantages:

• No need for VPN. You can back up from anywhere to the CrashPlan Cloud
• Automatic backups in the background - by default every 15 minutes (but configurable)
• Unlimited storage and no daily limits to how much you back up
• You can back up up to four machines under one personal account
• Easy to use interface to select and exclude your data for backup
• By default compression, encryption and deduplication of your backups both in transit and at rest
• Fast restores
• Restore your data from one machine to another
• Cross-platform restores (e.g. Windows to Mac) supported
• Point-in-time restores
• Multiple backup sets allowing you to back up some data more or less frequently than others
• Easy configuration of your backup settings including frequency of background backups and number of versions held
• Backups to local storage possible in addition to cloud backup.