Ghost is licensed per machine, but if you just install it on one machine, and slave all the drives that you are going to image, then you only need one license. I bet that won't work for a lot of people, but for a small shop like mine with only laptops it works great.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Image Software - what's new this year? Unless Symantec has changed things, Ghost is also a per-machine basis unless you buy the "enterprise" version. -------------------------------------- Richard McClary, Systems Administrator ASPCA Knowledge Management 1717 S Philo Rd, Ste 36, Urbana, IL 61802 217-337-9761 http://www.aspca.org "Steve Kelsay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/14/2008 09:03:48 AM: > Does Acronis actually make image files, or is it similar to a backup system? > It looks like it is licensed on a per machine basis. That would make > it pretty expensive for an image tool where Ghost is just a single > license for the disk we are using. Is that the case? > > From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:59 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Image Software - what's new this year? > > I really like Acronis True Image. > Works like a charm and no DOS stuff to mess with. > > From: Steve Kelsay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 6:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Image Software - what's new this year? > > It has been a while since I saw anything on imaging software. I am > moving from an old version of Ghost (7) and was wondering what the > latest greatest tool is for creating and burning images to workstations? > > We are getting in machines that have NICS do not support DOS, so > booting to dos as the old GHOST required then connecting to a server > to burn an image is not longer an option. > > Alternatively, I would like to burn a boot DVD with the image on > board, but that is not as easy as it sounds. Anyone have an ISO they > would like to share as an example? > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
