W2K3 Backup Image Software Recommendation

[Guest JohnR]

Hi,

 

I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with six 450GB SAS discs forming a RAID

10 array of 1.2 TB. I'm running Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP1.

 

I need some software that will create an image of the system on an

external disc that I can later use for complete system recovery. I've

found Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows. It's ~$600 and seems

like it might do what I need.

 

I'm not very price sensitive, but if I can get something that will do

basically the same thing for less, I'd like to consider it.

 

Do you know of any other software I should consider?

 

What if I added the need to make incremental backups to this

requirement? Would that push me to a different piece of software that

can do both image backups and incremental backups?

 

Thanks for your help!

John

[Guest Anthony [MVP]]

Re: W2K3 Backup Image Software Recommendation

 

John

Acronis True Image is good. Altiris Recovery Solution is also good and is

standard on many PC's. There's a version for servers.

Both will do a full image plus incremental backups.

Anthony,

http://www.airdesk.co.uk

 

 

"JohnR" <IntelliSig@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> I have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with six 450GB SAS discs forming a RAID

> 10 array of 1.2 TB. I'm running Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP1.

>

> I need some software that will create an image of the system on an

> external disc that I can later use for complete system recovery. I've

> found Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows. It's ~$600 and seems

> like it might do what I need.

>

> I'm not very price sensitive, but if I can get something that will do

> basically the same thing for less, I'd like to consider it.

>

> Do you know of any other software I should consider?

>

> What if I added the need to make incremental backups to this

> requirement? Would that push me to a different piece of software that

> can do both image backups and incremental backups?

>

> Thanks for your help!

> John