OT: Recommendation on Imaging Software

Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software
nowadays. I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but
wanted your feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.

Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC
back to its original state before the failure. This software also needs
to perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.

Any recommendation?

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Keith
Tue Apr 24 18:49:52 CDT 2007

you caught my attention by saying imaging software... I was thinking in
terms of banking though.. haha Imaging software for processing checks and
financial intstruments... You aren't talking about that though so my
response to this was pointless. haha


"Michael D. Alligood" <mdalligood@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:egsPlyrhHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software nowadays.
> I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but wanted your
> feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC back
> to its original state before the failure. This software also needs to
> perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
> The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
> CertGuard - http://www.certguard.com
>
>

LRM
Tue Apr 24 21:06:00 CDT 2007

"Michael D. Alligood" <mdalligood@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:egsPlyrhHHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software nowadays.
> I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but wanted your
> feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC back
> to its original state before the failure. This software also needs to
> perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
In a small environment like that, try Acronis or BEX from symantec/veritas
with intelligent recovery disk and see which suits your needs best.

I've used both and Acronis might work best for you but check out the specs
on their websites to make your own choice.

kpg
Wed Apr 25 08:12:39 CDT 2007

"Keith Chilton" <kchilton@rvfbank.com> wrote in
news:#nNkRsshHHA.5048@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> you caught my attention by saying imaging software... I was thinking
> in terms of banking though.. haha Imaging software for processing
> checks and financial intstruments... You aren't talking about that
> though so my response to this was pointless. haha

So you hit the send button becuase...?

Keith
Wed Apr 25 16:28:15 CDT 2007

yep just because you are on top of that one

"kpg" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> "Keith Chilton" <kchilton@rvfbank.com> wrote in
> news:#nNkRsshHHA.5048@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
>> you caught my attention by saying imaging software... I was thinking
>> in terms of banking though.. haha Imaging software for processing
>> checks and financial intstruments... You aren't talking about that
>> though so my response to this was pointless. haha
>
> So you hit the send button becuase...?

DoneDirtCheap
Wed Apr 25 18:16:02 CDT 2007

Back in the day, 2001-2002, Symantec had a Ghost Server with a agent managed
deployement which would take snap shots at scheduled days or times. It worked
very well. That product is now called the Ghost Solution Suite.

"Michael D. Alligood" wrote:

> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software
> nowadays. I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but
> wanted your feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC
> back to its original state before the failure. This software also needs
> to perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
> The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
> CertGuard - http://www.certguard.com
>
>
>

kpg
Thu Apr 26 08:37:32 CDT 2007

"Keith Chilton" <kchilton@rvfbank.com> wrote in news:eZL2yB4hHHA.1624
@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> yep just because you are on top of that one
>
> "kpg" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns991D538A097A8ipostthereforeiam@207.46.248.16...
>> "Keith Chilton" <kchilton@rvfbank.com> wrote in
>> news:#nNkRsshHHA.5048@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>>
>>> you caught my attention by saying imaging software... I was thinking
>>> in terms of banking though.. haha Imaging software for processing
>>> checks and financial intstruments... You aren't talking about that
>>> though so my response to this was pointless. haha
>>
>> So you hit the send button becuase...?

I knew it. Kinda of like your poasting. :P

Jonathan
Mon Apr 30 00:58:13 CDT 2007

Michael D. Alligood wrote:
> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software
> nowadays. I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but
> wanted your feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC
> back to its original state before the failure. This software also needs
> to perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
> The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
> CertGuard - http://www.certguard.com
>
>

Altiris has some excellent products. I am unsure of their pricing for
such a small installation. They have an eval version and I would
suggest you check them out either way.

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MJV
Wed May 02 21:01:00 CDT 2007

My firm uses Altiris (now owned by Symantec) which does have a snapshot
module. You can setup a task to run at a set time daily, on any or all of
your machines. Another one to look at is an IBM product called Tivoli, same
feature set as Altiris, they are both built on SMS. The major differences
between Altiris/Tivoli and SMS is that Altiris/Tivoli is pretty complete out
of the box, while with SMS. most of the actions you want to run you need to
write scripts for.

"Michael D. Alligood" wrote:

> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software
> nowadays. I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but
> wanted your feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC
> back to its original state before the failure. This software also needs
> to perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
> The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
> CertGuard - http://www.certguard.com
>
>
>

Andrew
Tue May 08 08:43:14 CDT 2007

Since Ghost 10 stuffing up my backup and me spending hours on the phone to
Symantic I have lost all faith in Symantic and I tried Acronis and it was the
same poor service.

I have now replaced the Symantic firewall with Avira a German company and
have had no problems and now I am looking for a replacement for Ghost, it was
great when it was Norton Ghost.

I will have a look at BEX

any other sugestions appreciated

pity altiris is now owned by symantic

"Michael D. Alligood" wrote:

> Suffice to say I am out of the loop with drive imaging software
> nowadays. I am doing research on the major brands on the market, but
> wanted your feedback on what you use -- advantages / disadvantages.
>
> Situation: 4 PC SMB that requires very minimal downtime due to its
> promised deadlines. I need imaging software that will restore the PC
> back to its original state before the failure. This software also needs
> to perform a daily snapshot (image backup) automatically.
>
> Any recommendation?
>
> --
> Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
> The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
> CertGuard - http://www.certguard.com
>
>
>