![]() For unsupported file system, sector-to-sector copy is done by dd in Clonezilla. For these file systems, only used blocks in partition are saved and restored. Therefore you can clone GNU/Linux or MS Windows. ![]() ![]() Filesystem supported: ext2, ext3, reiserfs, xfs, jfs of GNU/Linux, and FAT, NTFS of MS Windows.It took only about 10 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via multicasting! At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla server edition was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. While Clonezilla server edition is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla server edition. Well, now there is an OpenSource clone system (OCS) solution called Clonezilla with unicasting and multicasting!Ĭlonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. You've probably also heard of Symantec's solution to this problem, Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition® with multicasting. ![]() The problem with these software packages is that it takes a lot of time to massively clone systems to many computers. You're probably familiar with the popular proprietary commercial package Norton Ghost®, and its OpenSource counterpart, Partition Image. Setting up clients to use the DRBL environment.Set up the file system for the client in the Server.
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