Crashplan for Dummies, aka Step by Step :)

I'm in the crash plan trial right now. Very nice and I can't believe this is only going to be ~$5/month. Two things I've noticed: 1) large files are transferred more slowly, and 2) My rates vary over time of day. I've got 75/10+ and I've seen transfers in the 12-13Mb/s that I had to throttle or my kids were complaining, but most of the time I'm seeing 2-5. With large file (videos) transferring in the 2 range. When I add a directory of photos they go much faster. Both of these could be somehow due to Comcast though. I know that comcast does a boost for the first 25MB of every connection. If it creates a new socket for each transfer it could be a big win for small files. It's difficult to tell where the throttling is. But hey, I'm not complaining this seems a little too good to be true. Hopefully I'll never have to do a big restore.

steve