Communications Week August, 2006
Dozens of Linux Versions Are Supported by This Disk Image Software There are several different types of applications that run under the Linux operating system. There are many small to enterprise-level businesses that use this type of environment as a server and it is an instrumental computer in their overall network environment. Programs and data housed in this system can play an important role in the success of the organization and a good reason to make sure that it is backed up on a normal basis. Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux is a quick and integral way to assure the integrity of the system and it receives our Editor's Choice Award for value and reliability.
Several different factors such as user error, viruses, equipment failure and other influences can down the system which is a very good reason to take an ongoing and reliable image of the server computer. Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux package dependably saves the current system on several different media types. The server image can be saved on Iomega's ZIP or JAZZ drivers, DVD or CD optical drives, tape drives, network attached storage or hard drives and the software supports media attached to RAID or SCSI controllers. Several different flavors of Linux are supported by this package that include SuSE 8+, Red Hat 7.2+, Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1+, Red Hat Enterprise Server 3.0, Fedora Core 1–4, Slackware 10, Debian, ASPLinux 9.2+, Virtuozzo 2.6.x, Gentoo, UnitedLinux 1.0, Ubuntu 4.10, TurboLinux 8.0 &s; 10.0 and the list of compatible systems continues growing. Acronis manufactures software to be compatible with a wide variety of file systems such as Linux Ext2 &s; Ext3, Linux SWAP, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, Fat 16 &s; 32 and NTFS. The company includes a Active Restore feature with this package that allows users to reboot from a previously saved image. While the most popular feature of this software is the ability to save a complete image of boot and attached drives of the system, owners can also save differential and incremental backups of a drive in both compressed and noncompressed modes in addition to a more involved file-based backup. We think you'll like the overall performance of this software product, the compatibility with a wide variety of Linux operating systems and file system types as well as the different media where the image can be stored. The cost of Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Linux package when purchased directly from the company is $699 and those who already own the previous version of the package will only pay $399 for an upgrade. Customer testimonials and other information on this software can be found on the company's web site at www.acronis.eu. Summary: Bank on the integrity of your Linux server's data and files with this package that wins Editor's Choice Award for value and reliability.
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