Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Feb 11 19:13:42 CST 2008
Just a note, probably late in this tread but let me be so bold as to recommend a piece of software for doing system image backups. Just recently, used it to restore 200GB of data... do not ask who long it took but it worked flawlessly. It can backup and restore across, networks, portable drives and even IP addresses. It can use a couple of hot imaging strategies like Volume locking and Shadow services. It can split backups into DVDs, CDs or even smaller drives. It also uses various level of compression. As well as a data file an XML file is created and the XML file can be used to specify whether all the data or specific data is recovered from the image. I use the package in conjunction with the BartPE disk. This allows me to go to various client sites, boot up from DVD and image the current drive to anywhere on the network. Though the package is not as sophisticated as some, the price is right and it is sledge hammer simple. You can see it at http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm The one feature that it does not have is the ability to re-partition a drive to a larger size. The app 'Acronis True Image' looks like a great package. Its only failing would be not having SID capabilities would when doing a maulticast rollout. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:26 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] hd partition utility A site I like to read when selecting software is www.toptenreviews.com. Acronis True Image is at the top of their list (and not the most expensive). http://disk-imaging-software-review.toptenreviews.com/ Dan -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Helmut Kotsch Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 3:49 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] hd partition utility Try http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/ you can download a trial version. I haven't used it so far but I use their backup program TRUEIMAGE which is perfect. Helmut -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Peter Brawley Gesendet: Montag, 11. Februar 2008 10:26 An: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Betreff: [dba-Tech] hd partition utility PowerQuest's Partition Manager was terrific up to version 7. Then Symantec bought 'em. There are lots of horror stories out there about v8. No thanks. There are horror stories about some of the other leading (in terms of downloads at cnet) partition managers too. Does anyone know a reliable partition manager that can handle 250G HDs, multiple partitions &c? PB _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com