looking for windows (w2k) backup solution

[Brian Henning]

/me puts in another plug for g4u, http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

So far I haven't had a single problem with it that couldn't be 
attributed to hardware.

It even knew how to handle my hardware RAID-0 (or is it 1?  Mirror.  Can 
never keep those numbers straight...) in my 2k3 box.  It did error at 
the very end of that one, but I imagine that restore would still work 
fine; if the image "ran out" too soon, it'd just be empty space anyway.

Obviously I haven't tested restoring on the 2k3 / RAID box, but I've had 
great luck with imaging and restoring XP workstations.

It takes some time though, dependent on the size of the disk and the 
speed of the processor.  I always use max compression (gzip -9, the 
default), and a 40GB hd with 7-8GB of data takes a couple hours to 
image, and maybe runs 40% faster on the restore.

I can't speak for the throughput if you use minimal compression; I've 
never had the luxury of that much space on the storage server.

HTH,
~Brian

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> I've been assigned a w2k project :-(
> 
> I need to backup my machine (with all its settings) and my project files 
> in a way that I can restore and boot if (when) the disk dies. It doesn't 
> have to be sophisticated - a tar equivelant would be fine and it only 
> needs to run occassionally.
> 
> eg Can I mount the disk (ro) under linux, tar it and expect the copy to 
> run later? Is there anything free ($)?
> 
> google seems to show only commercial programs
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Joe
> 

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