CrashPlan for Remote Backups

Thanks for your insight @ryan! In light of your explanation, I elected to follow your advice re: rsync.

ampsonic – Totally right. dumb copy-paste error. :\

Hi Ryan, I think your 2nd link is incorrect (duplicate of first link.) Not sure, but maybe you meant to post this? http://support.crashplan.com/doku.php/how_to/configure_a_headless_client

Hi! I work for Code 42, makers of CrashPlan, and unfortunately I don’t have any personal experience with Droplets directly. In looking through the support documentation and comparing to other similar situations, I would say that while it might be possible to install the CrashPlan client on a droplet, the additional cost of running it alongside your application would likely be significant. <br> <br>CrashPlan uses a decent amount of RAM to monitor the files in your backup selection and back them up automatically. While this amount is small compared to today’s Desktops and Laptops (or even a dedicated server), for a cloud service like Digital Ocean, it could easily push you into a higher pricing bracket and/or reduce the performance of your application. <br> <br>If you wanted to back up using CrashPlan, it’d probably be better to set up a regular rsync process to send back to your computer, then use CrashPlan on that computer to send the backups offsite. DigitalOcean has provided instructions on configuring rsync here: <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-an-off-site-backup-of-your-site-with-rsync-on-centos-6 <br> <br>If you did want to experiment with CrashPlan on a Droplet, you’d want to use our unsupported instructions for headless installation and initial configuration. These are here: <br> <br>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-an-off-site-backup-of-your-site-with-rsync-on-centos-6