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to: Richard B.
from: Thees Peereboom
date: 2005-04-22 20:11:32
subject: Re: Backups: traditional or image?

From: "Thees Peereboom" 

Richard,

I make an 'additional' safety backup of my most critical files with Second
Copy, just to be sure, of course...

- Thees Peereboom


On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:24:28 -0400, Richard B.  wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:19:40 +0100, "Thees Peereboom"
>  wrote:
>
>> I use Acronis for backup purposes and generally like it. It has a
>> barebone
>> restore function but also, something I particulary like, the possibility
>> to add the image as a network disk so you can just browse it, copy
>> files,
>> etc. as if it were a network share. That is, of course, if you create an
>> image on a disk, don't know about tapes.
>
> I've asked for more info on the tape support but so far haven't heard
> back from them.  The salesguy mentioned a 30-day full eval copy was
> available which I'll try if they'll send me the link info.
>
> We've got a copy of the Acronis workstation version (and Ghost as
> well).  The prices I got for Ghost to image the PCs was quite a bit
> lower than Acronis.
>
> Do you not use 'traditional' backup software now, i.e., Veritas?
>
> - Richard

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