Servers >> NovaBACKUP vs 1

[dydavid]

A. How do these compare in real life? I want to do drive to drive backups of workstations and server to a NAS network attached storage drive.

B. Do they restore back to a bare metal drive quickly & easily?

C. Can they do incremental backups of new or changed files from a workstation or server to the NAS?

D. Any other things to be aware of?

Thanks in advance,
Dave

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"NovaBACKUP Server Edition
The NovaBACKUP Server Edition includes special security enhancements to help keep your critical data protected. Designed for servers running Windows NT/2000 and now Windows 2003, or to run with extra security under Windows XP, the NovaBACKUP Server Edition includes a special scheduler that runs as a Service, so your server can be locked and secured while completing your scheduled backups. As an added bonus with NovaBACKUP 7.1, our Open File Manager can be used to back up those constantly open, dynamic and changing files too! "

http://www.no-panic.com/backup/n_backup.html

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"Symantec V2i Protector® Server Edition
Key Features:

Provide backup and protection for Windows 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows NT servers without interrupting data access or application usage
Capture periodic full or incremental backups of system and data storage volumes
Encapsulate ALL files, configurations, drivers, and system personalities in one easy to manage backup file
Recover bare metal systems in minutes
Quickly roll systems back to any incremental point-in-time backup, enabling easy recovery of files from any point in time backup image file "

http://sea.symantec.com/content/product.cfm?productid=5

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"Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows
Real-time server disk backup, server disk imaging, and bare metal restore for Windows servers

Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows allows you to create the exact server disk image for complete server backup providing the most comprehensive and cost effective server protection.

The server disk backup file includes all the server disk data including system, programs, databases, and the like.

After a system crash, you can restore the complete server drive contents or replace lost files and folders.

Based on the exclusive Acronis Drive Snapshot technology, Acronis True Image Server 8.0 for Windows allows to create a server disk backup image without interrupting server operations."

http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/comments.html

http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimageserver/

 

[lb63640]

I've used Nova to do critical backups on a laptop. The user isn't comfortable with computing in general, but found the product very easy to use. Tech/customer support for the company is also good. They live up to whatever claims they make on their website.