It's been a while, but isn't Acronis good about restoring to dissimilar hardware? I mean, isn't that a good feature, maybe even a necesarry one?
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > I like Acronis but I've seen half a dozen disk imaging software packages > that backup everything from Windows 2000 up to Windows 2008 for $50 - $100. > They don't make any distinction that it's a workstation or server operating > system. They just restore sectors to a drive. An as far as I can see, the > only thing separating these packages from Acronis is the bootable media. > > If I can find a software for our 10 servers that cost a total of $500 - > $1000 instead of $10,000 that seems worth pursuing. > > ---------------------- > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Gavin Wilby [mailto:[email protected]] > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected] > ] > *Sent:* Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:13:07 -0500 > > *Subject:* Re: Server Disk Imaging > > 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. 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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/> ~
