Performance-wise is the only caveat I want to add: Except for Virtual PC on Windows 7. VPC on Win7 will blow VBox away in my tests. YMMV.
Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:17 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: full system backup I'd use VirtualBox in this instance. Way more portable and better performing than VirtualPC/Server. And, can support multiple VM types. ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Virtual PC and Virtual Server will run on XP as well. I agree though virtuallize the boxes if possible. I would suggest you see if the company would be interested in pre-purchase of a machine a little better than the current Win 7 box and just keep the hardware boxed some place safe. They would be down less than a day if you kept a copy of Virtual PC/Server on USB or DVD ready to load. Jon On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Christopher Bodnar <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: With something this small, how about using Windows 7 Virtual PC, then just backup the VHD files to some form of external drive, which you will of course keep off site. Basically no reliance on OS or hardware at that point. Just a new W7 machine running Virtual PC to import the VHD file and you are back up and running. Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP Technical Support III Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Phone: 610-807-6459<tel:610-807-6459> Fax: 610-807-6003<tel:610-807-6003> From: Tigran K <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: 08/22/2011 10:38 PM Subject: full system backup ________________________________ Need help finding a full system/bare metal backup system for a small auto mechanic shop. They have 2 computers that are mission critical. Any suggestions for full backup that will get them up an running if hardware or software fails? Some level of data loss is acceptable. They just want to make sure they can buy another system and be up and running in a day. I wanted to get a feel of what others use. Thanks --Tigran ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
