| Developer(s) | Code 42 Software, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2007 |
| Stable release | 3.0.3 / March 16, 2011 |
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003/08, Mac OS 10.4+, Linux Kernel 2.6, Solaris 10, OpenSolaris |
| Available in | Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Swedish |
| Type | Backup software and Online backup service |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | crashplan.com |
CrashPlan is backup software that allows Windows, Mac, Linux and Solaris users to back up their data to an offsite data center,[1] computers belonging to friends and family,[2] as well as to attached drives / shared folders.[3] There is a free version (for non-datacenter backups) and CrashPlan+ which is for backing up to CrashPlan's servers. Both versions allow users to back up data automatically. Files are encrypted using 448-bit Blowfish (128-bit with the free version) encryption for CrashPlan+ before transmission.
CrashPlan+ users can access their files stored online with free iOS and Android applications. As updates occur to files, changes are tracked automatically and updated with a singe gesture.
When used on a compatible Windows operating system, CrashPlan has the ability to make backups of files that are locked and in-use by other programs running on the computer by utilizing Volume Shadow Copy.