What is CrashPlan and why should I use it?

CrashPlan is an application that you install on your laptop/desktop to continuously protect your most important data when and where it is being created without impacting your workflow. It can help protect you from data loss like inadvertent deletion or overwriting of a file. CrashPlan can also help you recover “good versions” of your data if you are the victim of malware or ransomware.

CrashPlan can recover one or all files from a device in minutes in case of file corruption, device failure, site disaster, or simple human error. Flexible restore options let administrators push download jobs to devices, or allow you to initiate your own restores using the CrashPlan app on your device.

Features Include

• Continuous backup: CrashPlan automatically backs up your data every 15 minutes.
• Secure backup: CrashPlan uses industry-standard encryption to protect your data.
• Cross-platform backup: CrashPlan can back up your data to any device, including Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• Easy restore: CrashPlan makes it easy to restore your data from the cloud.

Research Data is Important

Research data is important to you and the university, the impact of corrupted or lost data can range from a slight inconvenience to ruining years of research effort.

How to get a CrashPlan account

This service is being made available to UCI Researchers (Faculty, Students engaged in research, Postdocs, and Staff) at no cost.

Please note: CrashPlan will not work on HS managed devices in Health Sciences or School of Medicine.

Contact your School IT Help Desk to ask them to activate your CrashPlan account.

School IT Help Desks