ShadowProtect Provides Ghost-Like Images for Windows

StorageCrafts new ShadowProtect 3.0 software is available for both personal computers and servers. The desktop version, shown here, is designed to make backup images of the computers hard disk automatically, and, in between, make incremental updates. He

3.0 can back up servers using a locally attached disk or by using a network disk, as shown here. In this case, an IBM x345 server is sending its backup image to an HP DL 385 server thats using a Dell PowerVault MD3000i iSCSI storage device. The arrangem

In addition to seeing the progress of the backup job, ShadowProtect Server Edition 3.0 will also show you the details of the machine to which youre connected. If you were connected to another server on the network, youd see those details as well. Note t

Sometimes its useful to know exactly whats happening to your backup job, especially if you need to know whether a particular scheduled job actually happened. The Backup History tab on the ShadowProtect Server console will show you every step the softwar

While keeping track of the storage space on a server isnt hard if you only have a few servers, its not so easy in an enterprise with a lot of servers. The Disk Map tab on the ShadowProtect Server console lets you see just how much storage is actually in

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