Last year there was a thread about HD-based versus tape-based backup, and 
Gerhard described his system that relies on Acronis TrueImage with external 
hard drives.

I am happy to report that for a while now, we've been using a setup 
consisting of:

- A Linux server running Acronis TrueImage
- Dell PoverVault RD1000
- Three 300Gb cartriges

The main advantages of this system include:

- Far greater capacity than tapes
- Super-easy backup and restore
- The ability to go back in small increments (hours versus days)

I am also running TrueImage on my home system (WinXP with external drives), 
and on my work machine (with a removable drive -- bought a drive caddy for 
$16). After a recent crash, I like the idea of being able to do a bare-metal 
restore in minutes, from fresh (hours old, worst case) backups. TrueImage is 
really a "set it and forget it" kind of software, and the license only cost 
$40.

Just thought I'd share, and say 'thank you' to Gerhard!. :-)

Vitaliy 

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