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Rick Riley
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 07, 2017 9:07 pm    Post subject: Crashplan appropriately named! Reply with quote

Anyone using CrashPlan with Pro Tools? I bit the bullet and added offsite backup with CrashPlan to my onsite backups. CrashPlan comes highly recommended, even with VO people. However, in the evening when I have it scheduled to run, the second it goes into operation, BAM... Pro Tools goes south, sometimes just crashing before I can put CrashPlan to sleep.

I thought it was named for what it protected against, not what it does.

Running Windows 7, Pro Tools 11. Anyone else having fun with this?
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Dave Waters
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi Rick,

I've used CrashPlan on a Mac for several years. It is an extreme CPU hog. I've never had Audition crash, but it did slow it waaaaaay down.

I do a couple of things:

1.) Under "Settings" > "General" > "When user is present, use up to:"
I set to 0 percent CPU. This keeps CPlan from using any resources while you are working.

Optionally,

2.) Under "Backup" > "Backup will run:"
You can switch that from "Always" to "Between specific times" and choose times when you won't be working.

3) Under "Backup" > "Verify selection every:"
I set to 1 day at 3:00am. Probably not critical, but keeps CPlan from being intrusive during the workday.

Hope that helps. Overall, CrashPlan has been excellent.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What Dave said.

I've had Crashplan for years, and it's set to run at 2:00AM. Never had a problem.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Same here. It doesn't run while I'm working. It has saved me at least 3 times. Once when my Quickbooks company file became corrupt and wouldn't open. I just downloaded a copy from the day before and was happy I had a backup.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My conflict is, I’m not like you guys. I shut my equipment down every night about 11pm. I have CrashPlan set to run at 7pm, because hopefully I’ll be done with work by then. But on those occasions I’m not, it surprises me and crashes Pro Tools.

I got the program because it was supposed to work in the background so I could have it running all the time. Because it does not do what it’s touted to do, it forces me to be proactive in making sure it and I are not working at the same time. That’s not why I bought it
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 7:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You might want to try #1 from above. I have CPlan running all the time, but don't allow it to use resources while I'm working. As soon as I'm done for a period of time, off it goes...
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