6 of the Best Free Linux Disk Cloning Software
One of the key responsibilities of a system administrator is
to ensure the safety of an organisation's computer data. This is a
critical task for any organisation, given that the loss of important
data could have profound implications on its future prosperity.
There are a number of different strategies that a system
administrator will need to use to ensure that data is preserved. For
example, the
person will need to maintain the computer system and/or
network, by applying operating system updates and patches, by
performing regular backups, and ensuring that the system is
kept secure at all times. Disk cloning is a highly popular method of
performing comprehensive backups of the operating system, installed
software, and
an organisation's data with the minimum of effort.
However, disk cloning software is not simply helpful for
system backups. It has a wide range of other uses such as provisioning
new
computers in the workplace, restoring computers from a master image,
and system recovery.
This article is the first in a series highlighting all of the
best free software that is of real benefit to anyone who needs to
maintain a
computer system.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is
available, we have compiled a list of 6 high quality Linux disk cloning
software. Hopefully, there will be something of
interest for anyone who needs to perform system admin tasks.
Now, let's explore the 6 disk cloning software at hand. For
each title we have compiled its own portal page, providing a screenshot
of the software in action, a full description with an
in-depth analysis of its features, together with links to relevant
resources and reviews.
| Disk Cloning |
| Clonezilla |
Similar to Symantec Ghost |
| FOG |
A
cloning / imaging solution / rescue suite |
| Mondo
Rescue |
Reliable, disaster recovery solution |
| G4L |
ncurses-based
hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool |
| Partimage |
Stores partitions to a image file |
| PING |
Partimage
Is Not Ghost |
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Last Updated Sunday, July 03 2011 @ 07:32 AM EDT
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