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On 11/4/07, RC (आर.सी.) Adhikari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ghost Open Source Alternative > Reference Link > > > > As we know Ghost is a software used to image your Windows installation, in > other words it help you to have a complete backup of a PC for later restore > or replication in environment such as School,University, Computer Training > lab, and so on. > The good thing about "FOG" that it stores the images in a local server that > you easily build through the installer with We based Admin Interface to > control your backup and restore operations. > > There is an Open Source Alternative called "FOG" Free Open Source Ghost,FOG > is good for anyone running Windows XP and Vista with a single partition. > Right now FOG can only handle a single partition on the hard disk. FOG is > currently being used by many schools and small businesses who can't afford > the licensing of commercial products like Ghost. > > > > What makes FOG different? > > FOG is easy for end user. The end user no longer needs to worry about NIC > drivers to image a computer, this is all handled by the kernel. FOG > management is done via an easy to use web GUI. > FOG is centralized. Most of tasks done on FOG don't require the user to > visit the client PC. For example if you imaging a computer all you need to > do is start the task. After the task is started WOL will turn the computer > on if it is off, PXE will load the OS, DHCP will give it an IP address, FOG > will tell the server it is in progess, and PartImage will image your > computer. Then when imaging is done FOG will tell PXE not to boot the > machine to the fog image and your computer boots up. After the computer is > booted, if the FOG service is installed, FOG will change the computer's > hostname and that computer is ready to use! > FOG is easy to access. All you need is a web browser to image a computer, no > client software required. We have heard of organizations using FOG who image > computers from an iPOD touch or iPhone. > FOG is Powerful. With features like memory testing (comming in version > 0.05), disk wiping, testdisk, and file recovery, FOG does more than just > imaging. > FOG can grow with you. The FOG server can be broken down and run across > multiple machines. For example, your NFS, apache, PXE, and DHCP services can > all run on different servers to maximize performance. > FOG is community driven. Is a feature missing in FOG that you would really > love to see? If so, let us know and we will do our best to include it in > FOG. > FOG is Open Sorce Whether you have 2 computers or 20,000 computers in your > organization, FOG is Open Source > > > -- pratik --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
