I can only speak for Ghost, not having used anything else, but it my simple implementation it has been solid. I have imaged Win2003 Server that include a Sybase database across identical hardware and had no issues.
Mark LeBlanc Technology Director Tri-County RVTHS -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Roger Baker Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 1:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions That's exactly the reverse of my experience! I've had a few situations where Ghost simply wouldn't work (i.e. couldn't read the drives & I couldn't find the drivers to make it work). For me, Acronis has worked in every one of these situations where Ghost failed. So much so that I filed my Ghost CD and never use it anymore. Only hitch was once I did have one setup where the HDs got botched up & to restore it, I had to use my "home" CD to boot the computer (which apparently is newer & has more drivers than my corporate one). I especially like Acronis' ability to backup/restore to/from a network, USB or Firewire drive, in addition to any SATA or IDE drives attached to the machine. My experiences with above are limited to Windows servers & desktops... plus you can schedule it to run full or partial drive image backups while Windows is running. Just set a schedule & you'll always have a recent copy ready. -- Roger "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have used Acronis and I love it's gui and for certain things but I have > had a few problems with it. I clone a lot of drives and the simplest and > most bulletproof is Symantec Ghost, never fails - Windows server, > workstation or Linux. > > Todd > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
