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Using Linux for Windows HD Snapshots?

Posted by Cliff on from the drive-imaging-but-not-with-a-camera dept.

DBordello asks: "Our company is currently backing up weekly to tape. I would like to begin taking snapshots of our NT 4.0 server. My first thought was a Linux box running an Open Source solution. My research shows that most Open Source applications to take snapshots assume that the backup target is Linux based. This presents a problem with mounting the NT 4.0 server. While I could mount the share with Samba, all of the backup applications do not provide options to backup a local mount. What do you guys use to snapshot your Windows network?"

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  1. Re:Of course. by shepd · · Score: 2, Interesting

    >Is that some kind of joke?

    No. I'm beginning to think you haven't worked with tools like ghost yet...

    If I have a 220 GB HDD, but only 50 GB of data, and the drive explodes in flames and all I have left is a spare 80 GB drive, with your method, I'm screwed.

    With something like ghost, you aren't. You just put the image on the new drive, and wait until you get some drive space. And, as an added benefit, you get complete defragmentation, too.

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  2. unattended by Sepper · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://unattended.sourceforge.net/

    Not sure if it is what you are searching for though (it would not backup data)

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