I have a desktop and a laptop backing up to CrashPlan Central. The configuration was not particularly difficult. I am backing up all user data: i.e. pictures, music, documents, etc. (I was tempted to ignore Code42's advice and back up my applications and system, as well as my user data. But this slows down the backup process and CrashPlan is not designed to restore your system, but rather your files and data.) CrashPlan works in the background, so once it is configured, you pretty much don't need to think about it again. Unless disaster strikes. Which it did for me when my iMac died and the restore I did from my Apple TimeMachine backup was incomplete. I had lost a bunch of files. I restored from CrashPlan easily and my life was again complete. Worth every penny I'd spent on CrashPlan over several years.

The customer service is great with Crash Plan and the ease of use is simple. There is no learning curve and I feel that I can trust the software to help me manage all of my back up needs.

CrashPlan is easy to install and use. I've had it for a little over a year, and it has dependably backed up all data from my multiple computers and hard drives. With the dashboard view, it's easy to see the status of all devices' data back-ups and to securely access data from any device if needed.

Easy backup, simple installation, What we like most is the option to have backups every 15 minutes, this has saved us multiple times, when files got overwritten, Emails on failure helps too,

Code42's CrashPlan is great for use in Educational environments. We back up our file servers and critical image files. Yes, some people actually still use file servers!