On 2 Mar 2011 22:07:39 -0000, John Levine <jo...@iecc.com> wrote: > It's not as automated as the Windows approach, but if you know what > you're doing it's mostly limited by the speed of the disks. Use dump > rather than an image copy so you only restore what's actually in use.
Unlike "Windows", UNIX gives you the ability to create a fully programmable automated approach according to your needs, e. g. for multiple installations, defective systems can be booted via LAN, USB or CD, then it can be determined _which_ system it is automatically, and the proper backup sets can be restored. Partitioning tasks (labeling, slicing, partitioning, newfsing and tunefsing, as well as other pre-restore tasks) can also be fully automated, reducing any interaction to zero (which is less than nearly-zero), which means that it's even better automated than "Windows". By the way, you can create similar procedures if you are using ZFS. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
