Open Source 'Ghost'

Forum: Apps
Topic: Open Source 'Ghost'
started by: john.martzouco

Posted by john.martzouco on Dec. 08 2007,17:08

I'm a big fan of backing up systems using Norton Ghost type applications. A friend pointed me to an open-source hard-drive cloning tool. Curious if anybody here has tried it and what feedback they have.

The product is called < G4L (Ghost For Linux) >

I know that DSL has a great backup system... I don't want to taklk about that. I want to discuss G4L.

Thanks.

Posted by Genecks on Dec. 23 2007,11:52

I think ghost for linux is stupid and clonezilla kills it.

Posted by john.martzouco on Dec. 23 2007,12:06

Help me by telling me the differences you know about the two utilities, please.

Thanks

Posted by Genecks on Dec. 23 2007,12:11

Quote (john.martzouco @ Dec. 23 2007,07:06)

Help me by telling me the differences you know about the two utilities, please.

Thanks

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Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, and udpcast, allows you can massively clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Unlike G4U (Ghost for Unix) or G4L (Ghost for Linux), Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone effiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took about 50 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via unicasting and only about 10 minutes via multicasting!

Posted by john.martzouco on Dec. 23 2007,12:17

Quote (Genecks @ Dec. 23 2007,07:11)

Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk.

This is a good selling point for me.

Have you used both?

Do you think either can be built for DSL?

I'm experienced at compiling projects on Windows, but have yet to compile my first Linux project.