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intradaybill
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 2962 |
09-21-10 09:57 AM
I recently purchased Acronis True Image Home 2011.
Has anyone used it? Any suggestions for making best use?
I would like to create an identical disk from my desktop disk. I use the desktop for trading and in case of a disk crash I would like to be able to use the backup on a bare metal machine. Do you think I need an add-on for that or disk cloning option will do it?
Thanks
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Totantaz
Registered: Dec 2009
Posts: 28 |
09-21-10 11:24 AM
Hi,
we use Acronis to back up multiple workstations on a network which is not trading related
we do one full drive image of each pc and copy it onto an external hard drive, on that drive we keep the last 3 images for each pc. basically we have the last 3 months of data and config backed up for each workstations.
its very user frendly and easy to work with 
we had to use an image to restore one fried drive once and it worked nicely
cheers,
Totantaz
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mgookin
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 1388 |
09-21-10 12:58 PM
Quote from intradaybill:
I recently purchased Acronis True Image Home 2011.
Has anyone used it? Any suggestions for making best use?
I would like to create an identical disk from my desktop disk. I use the desktop for trading and in case of a disk crash I would like to be able to use the backup on a bare metal machine. Do you think I need an add-on for that or disk cloning option will do it?
Thanks
I prefer mirrors and shadows and you can rotate one of the mirrors out if you want. You can even ship one offsite.
For an IT dept I'm sure Acronis is good stuff. But I've heard horror stories where people use it at a home office and when there's a problem, it's always something with respect to installing the old Acronis version again, licensing, compatibility, etc. You buy this stuff and rely on it and when you need it to perform, you're up the river without a paddle.
At least with mirrors and shadows (and rotating a disc) you have physical discs with your stuff on them. Quick swap if something goes wrong.
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Pollux
Registered: Aug 2005
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09-21-10 01:44 PM
mgookin is right. Sounds like you want a RAID 1 setup (mirror). I have had disks go bad several times in the years I've been trading and its frustrating. I finally moved to true hardware raid this summer using a 3ware/LSI controller and Seagate enterprise disks. If a disk fails the controller notifies you to swap it out for a new one, then auto rebuilds the new disk. Zero downtime.
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rwk
Registered: Dec 2003
Posts: 983 |
09-21-10 02:00 PM
Quote from Pollux:
... Sounds like you want a RAID 1 setup (mirror). I have had disks go bad several times in the years I've been trading and its frustrating. I finally moved to true hardware raid this summer using a 3ware/LSI controller and Seagate enterprise disks. If a disk fails the controller notifies you to swap it out for a new one, then auto rebuilds the new disk. Zero downtime.
That's an elegant solution, but fairly expensive. It protects well against system failures, but not against mistakes. And I have been known to make those.
I have used Acronis 2009 and 2010 (64-bit) versions and have been satisfied. I once needed to do a disc recovery using the 2009 version on WinXP.
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intradaybill
Registered: Feb 2008
Posts: 2962 |
09-21-10 03:05 PM
Quote from rwk:
That's an elegant solution, but fairly expensive. It protects well against system failures, but not against mistakes. And I have been known to make those.
I have used Acronis 2009 and 2010 (64-bit) versions and have been satisfied. I once needed to do a disc recovery using the 2009 version on WinXP.
rwk, did you use the disk cloning option or the disk backup? I am still confused about the different options. I also read there is an add-on that creates a backup which is hardware independent. I need to create a backup disk that will boot and will have the exact same information on it as the original PC disk. What option is the best to use? Thanks
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