Open Source only? Depending on the size of the drives in question burning to disc may not be economical or even feasible.
I have used Acronis to back up multiple different OSes and I have YET to see a backup that was under 4.7gb from a useable system (base install, not patched, etc not included). If it is only a few files then DVD is an option, if it is a full system backup that is TOTALLY different, Nelson Serafica wrote: > I want to backup the hard drive of some of my critical servers such as > dns. I do backup some of my config but if hard disk error occur, it will > take time to reinstall OS and install application. > > I'm thinking of cloning hard drive. But I don't want to clone drive to > another hard drive since it will be a bit expensive to buy another hard > drive for each servers. What I want is to clone the hard drive and burn > it to a blank dvd since dvd nowadays is a bit cheaper. But what is the > best way to restore it if the image was from a dvd? > > Can anyone suggest what's the best way to do what I want? I'm planning > to use norton ghost and I don't know if it has a capability to copy the > image to a dvd. > > Thanks, > > > Nelson > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
