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Crashplan for Dummies, aka Step by Step :)
I have just went through this and have seen several folks post that they wish there was an all inclusive guide, I just bought a Pro 2 and so far I am pleased with what I see under the hood (looks like...
If it doesn't seem to pick up over time, then you could try restarting the service. Double-click on the house on the upper right corner, and it will give you some command lines.
Also, I've found it useful to "tail -100 \usr\local\crashplan\log\backup_files.log.0" from ssh (putty window maximized first). It gives a better picture of what's happening than the client.
I think it took about 3 months to upload 6 TB of data initially. Though my pro-6 definitely has a faster CPU than the ultra.
I added one share at a time to the backup list (doing more critical data first).
It's been a while now, but I think I made two other changes:
(a) I increased the virtual memory in /usr/local/crashplan/bin/run.conf to -Xmx1024M
(b) I added a few more containers to the <noCompressionPatterns> xml in \usr\local\crashplan\conf\my.service.xml. This include .mkv, .m2ts, .ts, .iso,, .evo, and .tib. At the time, that seemed to make a difference in the upload speed for those file types.
Also, I've found it useful to "tail -100 \usr\local\crashplan\log\backup_files.log.0" from ssh (putty window maximized first). It gives a better picture of what's happening than the client.
I think it took about 3 months to upload 6 TB of data initially. Though my pro-6 definitely has a faster CPU than the ultra.
I added one share at a time to the backup list (doing more critical data first).
It's been a while now, but I think I made two other changes:
(a) I increased the virtual memory in /usr/local/crashplan/bin/run.conf to -Xmx1024M
(b) I added a few more containers to the <noCompressionPatterns> xml in \usr\local\crashplan\conf\my.service.xml. This include .mkv, .m2ts, .ts, .iso,, .evo, and .tib. At the time, that seemed to make a difference in the upload speed for those file types.
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