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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...
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Just an update I am running ejre-7u75-fcs-b13-linux-i586-headless-18_dec_2014.tar.gz using the add-on given to install it from the backup directory.
I upgraded to 8 GB of ram (2x4gb).
As far as I can tell you can't set the java memory usage beyond 3072 after that Crashplan crashes it has something to do with installing a 64 bit version of the ejre headless client.
To update the memory of the memory used by crashplan just open crashplan desktop make sure it is connected to your nas crashplanengine. Double click the crashplan plan logo on the upper right hand of the crashplan desktop and type the following:
java mx [value] [restart]
Where value should not go beyond 3072 and the maximum amount of ram you have installed.
If you are still unable to get crashplan to stay up or if it keeps restarting then you might want to change the settings of your backup in this order. Do these steps in increments as your backup set may not be as large as mine or have as many files as I do.
1. Frequency and Versions of backups set to 6,8,12 hours or every day.
2. Advanced Settings. change data duplication to mininmal.
3. Advanced Settings. uncheck watch file systems in real time. If you do option 3 the backups will only discover new files after the "verify selection every" completes.
I am currently backing up 3.7 TB between two backup sets. I started with one set only backing up important data and then the second set adding directories slowly. I did this because I too was suffering from restart.logs and once I made those changes above I have not seen another restart.log file. At some point I will tweak the crashplan setttings trying to get the best of all worlds.
Notes:
1) You may have to run Recalibrate on your fan in frontview every time you re-boot.
2) When you install ejre-7u75-fcs-b13-linux-i586-headless-18_dec_2014.tar.gz. In Frontview your add-ons:installed will take about 3-6 minutes to fully respond.
Just an update I am running ejre-7u75-fcs-b13-linux-i586-headless-18_dec_2014.tar.gz using the add-on given to install it from the backup directory.
I upgraded to 8 GB of ram (2x4gb).
As far as I can tell you can't set the java memory usage beyond 3072 after that Crashplan crashes it has something to do with installing a 64 bit version of the ejre headless client.
To update the memory of the memory used by crashplan just open crashplan desktop make sure it is connected to your nas crashplanengine. Double click the crashplan plan logo on the upper right hand of the crashplan desktop and type the following:
java mx [value] [restart]
Where value should not go beyond 3072 and the maximum amount of ram you have installed.
If you are still unable to get crashplan to stay up or if it keeps restarting then you might want to change the settings of your backup in this order. Do these steps in increments as your backup set may not be as large as mine or have as many files as I do.
1. Frequency and Versions of backups set to 6,8,12 hours or every day.
2. Advanced Settings. change data duplication to mininmal.
3. Advanced Settings. uncheck watch file systems in real time. If you do option 3 the backups will only discover new files after the "verify selection every" completes.
I am currently backing up 3.7 TB between two backup sets. I started with one set only backing up important data and then the second set adding directories slowly. I did this because I too was suffering from restart.logs and once I made those changes above I have not seen another restart.log file. At some point I will tweak the crashplan setttings trying to get the best of all worlds.
Notes:
1) You may have to run Recalibrate on your fan in frontview every time you re-boot.
2) When you install ejre-7u75-fcs-b13-linux-i586-headless-18_dec_2014.tar.gz. In Frontview your add-ons:installed will take about 3-6 minutes to fully respond.
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