Bernie,
With regards to licensing it depends how the software is protected. In case of hardware protection (use of MAC address or something like that) it will not work, but this kind of protection is not used that much. To give you an idea, what our experience is: We have restored a Vista installation on a computer of 5 years old and it worked. SLoooow, but it worked. Another example we did a restore from a computer with S-ATA disk connection to a computer with 2 raid-0 disks (which is a completely different technology) and again it worked well. Reading all the discussions about backup possibilities think about this: Backup is important, but don't forget to practice the restore. In my opinion you should at least practice the restore once a month. You would not be the first one who has a wonderful backup mechanism, but when it comes to do the restore it does not work, because of ... The worst situation I ever have seen was a company who was backing up their system every day, but never did try to restore. After two years the backup was needed because of a head crash. The restore failed, because the tapes were empty! Tony From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernard Lis Sent: woensdag 16 juni 2010 22:52 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: backup software Interesting Tony, What about licensing? Can I buy one copy of an operating system and restore it to other computers? Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: A.G. IJntema <mailto:[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:55 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: backup software Have also a look at Acronis Backup & Recovery. The beauty of this backup software is that if you make a backup of your total system (OS included) , it can be restored on every other computer system and it all works immediately after the restore. Even if you make use of an very old machine. Of course no performance, but it works. This saves a lot of time in case of hardware failure Pay attention you pick the right version. The simple version does not include this option. Tony From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Frederick Sent: woensdag 16 juni 2010 21:40 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: backup software We have done something similar using memory sticks. 4 and 8 gig USB sticks are readily available for around $20. 16 gig are about $30. Get one for everyday in the week and simply download first thing in the morning. Also have tape backup of the network, but USB is quick. Tom Frederick President/CEO Elm City Center 1314 W Walnut Jacksonville, IL 62650 W- 217-245-9504 F - 217-245-2350 E - [email protected] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bernard Lis Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:58 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: OT: backup software Hi Dan, Looking for inexpensive backup -- ever hear of COPY? You can set up an auto backup of your server to your individual PC's. Backup up to a different PC each day of the week. This way you will have the latest 5 copies. Another inexpensive method is to purchase an external dirve (some of my customers bought it at Costco) to be connected to some PC via usb. Set up five folders on that drive called Mon, Tues, etc. Of course I don't know how large your database is so you have to figure out the best method. Good luck, Bernie Lis ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Goldberg <mailto:[email protected]> To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:31 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - OT: backup software I am looking for a good backup software to run on a server. I know there is some like Symantec(VERITAS) backup but they are expensive. TIA Dan Goldberg
