[ale] Backup software

[scott]

are you looking for "backups"?  "disaster recovery"? or "system image"?

mondo works well for recovering a system from a point in time snapshot 
of the system (when you did the mondo image create - cant remember the 
terminology right now).

mondo is not a backup and recovery tool.

mondo is not for disaster recovery (unless you just want to recovery 
from that one time point in time snapshot).

it has been a little while since I used mondo but it has worked well for 
me in the past.  target HD doesnt have to be the same size.  It can be 
larger or just larger than what you have backed up.

for instance:
current HD = 1Tb drive. But only using 300gig

recovery system doesnt have to have a 1TB drive.  a 320gig drive from 
newegg would be fine.  If you are recovering to a non-same-sized drive, 
you have to go into the system at recovery time (the one you boot off 
of) and change the drive specs before the actual recovery.

scott


Brandon Wood wrote:
> All,
>    I am looking to create an image of a live system and want to know
> what software is suggested for this purpose. I've done some searching
> and came across 'mondo' and am trying it out now.
>
> Does anyone have any better suggestions or success stories they want to
> share?
>
> -Woody
>
>
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