Backup of data: Imaging vs replication programs

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by Thorz, Aug 19, 2007.

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  1. Peter2150

    Peter2150 Global Moderator

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    The advantage of incrementals over something like say KR or AJC sync is once you discover a problem you can work your way back and find the problem. Time consuming yes. But works.

    I just went thru that. Had a strange problem with FDISR. Had no idea. Logs told me when problem started, and restoring an image from before that confirmed it was working back then. Did help me track down the problem, which was a software conflict(I think).

    Once you sync thats it.

    Pete
     
  2. Huupi

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    Thats interesting,thats missing in KR, in this way you have some kinda of incrementals like you have in SP,ATI and Paragon.I will give it a whirl,sounds very interesting !I understand that there is the option to copy open files(you'r are working on),thats also not possible in KR !
     
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  3. Thorz

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    :)

    Virus was just an example. I am confident in my case that NOD32 can spot a virus if it strikes. I think that one of the great bennefits of incrementals is the way you can keep older versions of files and protect yourself from accidental deletion of corruption of files when you don't spot the problem at once. In the case of replicators/synchronizers, if you spot the problem before the replication schedule runs, or if you only use manual replication, this will not be a problem.

    Very interesting. I agree with Huupi, this makes replication even more appealing as it adds that extra layer that keeping of old versions of files represents.
    Thanks!

    I am wondering something, and this one is for the SP / Acronis or other imaging users:

    Let's say that you have a big file, f. e. a 13GB AVI file that you are editing with a NLE like Premiere or Pinnacle Studio. You image your drive today. You make some small changes to the file tomorrow and image again using incremental imaging. Does the imaging program add the hole 13GB file again to the image, or just the few sectors of hard disk that changed?
     
  4. Peter2150

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    AJC Archive Backup is perfect for that as it automatically saves certain specified files anytime you do a save or exit the program. You can then retrieve prior versions. Probably has save me more than anything.
     
  5. Thorz

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    Can it archive files just replicating (copying) them or does it use its own container?
     
  6. Peter2150

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    It uses it's own container so to speak. You can access back versions, by just going into windows explorer and right clicking on the file. Then you select by data and time, and either view the file, extract to a new place or e xtract and over write the existing file.

    Nothing like it when you are working on a big doc and save it only to realize you accidently deleted key pages.
     
  7. Huupi

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    Peter, Copies it only the changes to an point in time container,[real incrementals,with date and time]in sequence up to the current time or is every backup file the original with the changes,if so then you can run easily out of space [pictures],no problems with documents though,they are very small.
     
  8. Huupi

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    In KR the incrementals are not saved in "buddy" containers,every older file is overwritten by the changes,so in KR there no real incrementals to use,this is a limitation compared with AJC Backup and Vice Versa and maybe more out there.Though KR is a juwel on its own,else doing the things what you expect of a top application,but i should be cautious .
     
  9. Peter2150

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    You probably would never use photo's with AJC's Active Backup. It doesn't save incrmentals, it saves the whole file. But space isn't an issue as you can specify which directory, which file, and how long to keep it. So I only save office data files, normally 7 days, but two critical files I kept 60 days, and yes it did get larger, but it was only a spreadsheet.

    Point is you can control what it's doing.
     
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