What backup software do you recommend?
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Douglas Troy wrote:
Acronis[^]
Thanks! Downloading the trial now. Grr. It doesn't like me gmail "public" email address. Fortunately I've got a different one I use for just such purposes. Marc
np. It's excellent software; very easy to use.
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
So, what do you recommend?
I wouldn't be me if I didn't occassionally answer a question with another question, and I am well overdue. :) so here it goes.... What do you need out of your backups? No, seriously. You have two orders of backups and several different methodologies. The two general orders are disk images, and file images. A disk image lets you correctly reproduce an entire disk to a new disk rapidly and directly, sometimes very handy. A file image streams files into an archive and pulls them back just the same. About the main difference is restoration. A disk image doesn't often need a formatted drive, and can even restore working operating system images. File backups are often the worst at backing up the operatng system. I use DriveImageXML http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm[^] which is a bit of both. Combined with a BartPE boot disk I have restored OS images. We also use Ghost in some projects for archiving working images.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Having gone through way too many tape drives, removable hard disks and other technology that required me to have proprietary software (and perhaps hardware) installed to get my data back, I've gone to an extremely simple and effective system that I've used for years. I use the command line version of WinZip (pkzip would work fine if you can find it) in batch files that run overnight to create zip files of directory structures where I care about the data, and maintain a 7 day history as well as periodic archival to CD. Because the zip format is portable and well known, it means that I can get to my data and restore it anytime, anywhere. In fact, since Windows supports the zip format these days, I usually don't even have to worry about installing software to get to my data. It's also drop dead simple to open a zip file, find a particular item I'm looking for, drag & drop, and it's restored. Sometimes the most effective system is the least impressive. :)
Christopher Duncan Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes www.PracticalUSA.com
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
how many times does this question get asked on CP? Stop the madness.:wtf:
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
bacula. www.bacula.org[^] At this point I have backed up 15TB of data from about 50 windows and linux clients. This was done mostly on a Exabyte Magnum 224 LTO2 autochanger although I have DVD, DLT and disk storage in use as well. For me bacula works very very well, although it does not have an enterprise gui yet. The free user support is significantly better than veritas and retrospect. I have licensed versions of both and I have given up on them because bacula is just better and it is not designed to extort money from me which I can not say about veritas.
John
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Acronis
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Douglas Troy wrote:
Acronis[^]
Thanks! Downloading the trial now. Grr. It doesn't like me gmail "public" email address. Fortunately I've got a different one I use for just such purposes. Marc
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
I'll third Acronis.
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Veritas Backup Exec for server side backups - slightly unintuitive interface but a good workhorse. Acronis for client side backups - acronis is cheap and reliable - just make sure you verify the backup before considering it as safe!
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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Does Acronis work on Raid drives?
You always pass failure on the way to success.
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Backups are for wimps. Surely it's better to have the heady delight of knowing that your precious 1s and 0s are living in mortal fear of the first random power surge to touch the delicate infrastructure of your hard drive.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Yes, it's time for one of those "how many times does this question get asked on CP?" questions. So, what do you recommend? Marc
Cobian backup[^] Fast, easy to configure, and free. I prefer version 7 to v.8, but it's horses for courses.
