For what its worth, Acronis is worth every penny of what it costs. That 1000 bucks, when you actually really need it, say for a complelty popped server, is nothing…
You might guess I am a fan, but to be honest, I wouldnt even consider another image based backup product over Acronis now we have used it on a few sites. Its not just the DR to consider, as its so quick to image and bare metal restore a server, for testing purposes etc its excellent. Why do an install on a live server when you can simply do it on a copy? Gavin. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it seems nearly all "Image a server and be able to restore it" > products all run about $1000 a pop. > > Check out UltraBac Gold. They are staking their reputation on their > ability to do "live" images, and then to restore to any machine (bare > metal). They also have (you guessed - additional license) a product which > will create the image directly to a virtual machine. SO, if the server > blows, one simply brings the VM on line. > > We have one Gold license and do not have the VM product. We have a VM > "ready", but the restore for us would be a two-step process. > > Anyway, their "preview" product is the full product (ALL licenses good) but > is time-limited (ie, 2-4 weeks). > > They're definely worth a look! > > http://www.ultrabac.com > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > *ASPCA®* > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > *www.aspca.org* <http://www.aspca.org/> > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is > from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA > ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may > contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not > the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, > and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and > permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout > thereof. > > > "Bob Hartung" <[email protected]> wrote on 07/12/2010 08:30:56 AM: > > > > I've been looking for a disk imaging solution for the servers on our > > network. They currently are all Dell PowerEdge servers running > > Windows 2003. My main goal is to be able to restore a server quickly > > in the event of a hardware failure, like a RAID card failure that > > hoses the hard drives. > > > > We use Arcserve for doing nightly backups and as a file by file > > solution, it's fine. For disaster recovery, it leaves a lot to be > > desired. It essentially does a reinstall of the operating system and > > then restores from back. As such, it's not very fast. > > > > I've tried a number of disk imaging software packages. They all can > > create an image of the server system drive while the server is > > running and that's great. However, what seems to always be a weak > > point is restoring from a boot disk. > > > > All the packages have a utility to create a bootable CD but they > > generally have a problem either accessing the RAID volume or the LAN > > adapter or both. Whether they use Windows PXE, Linux or DOS, drivers > > seem to be a problem. It would seem logical that these software > > packages would have a utility to copy the existing drivers off the > > system and incorporate them into the BootDisk but none do that I've > found. > > > > The only package I've tried so far that seems to work with the > > couple of servers I've been testing on is Acronis Backup and > > Recovery for Servers. I'd use this if it weren't so expensive at > > roughly $1,000 per server. > > > > Anyone using a disk imaging solution they'd care to recommend? > > > > Thanks. > > > > > ---------------------- > > > > Bob Hartung > > Wisco Industries, Inc. > > 736 Janesville St. > > Oregon, WI 53575 > > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > > > > > > > > > -- Gavin Wilby, Twitter: http://twitter.com/gavin_wilby GSXR Blog: http://www.stoof.co.uk ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
