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Name: LukaBuka
Date: July 13, 2005 at 03:24:40 Pacific
Subject: Server Backup?
OS: Win Server 2003
CPU/Ram: Upgrading Right Now
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Is this a good server backup solution
http://www.deprice.com/acronistrueimageserverwin.htm ?


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Response Number 1
Name: heropsycho2177
Date: July 13, 2005 at 05:56:07 Pacific
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What are your requirements in a backup solution?

Ntbackup is a good backup solution for many people, and that's a part of Windows Server 2003. You may not need anything more than that.

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Response Number 2
Name: prussian
Date: July 13, 2005 at 09:27:29 Pacific
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Talking of server back up, backuptime is considerably shorter if the servers are defragmented regularly.


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Response Number 3
Name: Dirty_Sanchez
Date: July 13, 2005 at 15:51:24 Pacific
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before even looking at it, you should list what your backup needs are. Need to know how much data/nightly/incremental/differential/tape?etc


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Response Number 4
Name: wizard-ict
Date: July 14, 2005 at 12:52:00 Pacific
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The backup solution you are looing at is not a traditional one, it is an imaging backup very similar to Norton Ghost. As far as I can see it doesn't offer much that Ghost doesn't and Ghost is considerably cheaper!

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Response Number 5
Name: JasonWebb
Date: July 20, 2005 at 23:32:49 Pacific
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TrueImage works fine. I still use Ghost for a lot of things, but TrueImage will create an image of a machine while it is running without rebooting.

I haven't actually used the server version but I have been very happy with the $50 one.

If you add it up, $1000 is actually cheaper than buying a tape drive and Veritas Backup Exec.


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