If you have a large amount of data to back up the cloud, you may notice that the Code42 app is uploading files slower than you expect, even if you have plenty of bandwidth. As a general estimate, CrashPlan for Small Business users can expect to back up about 10-30 GB of information per day on average if their computer is powered on and not in standby mode. We are a shared service, which means that upload and download speeds depend on the number of users connected at any given point. The Code42 app estimates the total time that it will take to upload your data based on your current network speeds. This estimation will fluctuate over the time of your initial backup.
There are several things you can adjust to complete your initial backup sooner:
- Refine your file selection
- Increase CPU percentage available for the Code42 app to use.
- Prevent your computer from going to sleep so that the Code42 app can work at all times.
- Extend the default backup frequency time.
Refine your file selection
If you select your entire hard drive, including system and application files, the Code42 app may not back up your personal files efficiently. Your computer creates new system and application files frequently, which are small. Because the Code42 app prioritizes its to-do list based on file size and creation date, this data is backed up before other files in your backup selection.
Increase CPU available to the Code42 app
The Code42 app requires system resources to encrypt, compress, and deduplicate your files before sending. You can increase the amount of CPU the Code42 app can dedicate to these activities, which will usually improve upload speeds.
Adjusting CPU usage in the Code42 app
Prevent your computer from going to sleep
The Code42 app doesn’t run and can't upload data if your computer is asleep or turned off - it only runs when the computer is online. Check your system settings to ensure your device is not regularly going to sleep and interrupting backups.
Extend the default backup frequency time
The Code42 app assumes that what you're working on now is most important, so it prioritizes your most recently changed files and backs them up first.
The default setting is to back up new data every 30 minutes. This offers great protection for backing up your files right away and allows you to easily revert to a previous version of a file. However, it also means that the Code42 app uses some resources to back up frequent versions of your files as you work.
Extending the default backup frequency time allows the Code42 app to work through your files without the the additional workload of backing up multiple versions of your files. The trade off to extending the backup frequency time is that your new files and changes won't be backed up as quickly. To change this setting:
Ensure your device meets the minimum system requirements
Due to the resource-intensive nature of the application, make sure that your device meets the minimum system requirements for CrashPlan for Small Business as outlined below:
What are CrashPlan's system requirements?
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