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Symantec Ghost Enterprise-RAID 5
I know that Symantec says that Ghost does not support RAID. I have Windows Server 2003 on an HP Proliant ML350, hardware RAID running Oracle, SQL, and many more programs. A recovery using Backup Exec files would require approx. 16 hours of software installations, etc. I would like to image the server monthly (in addition to file backups) to assure a quicker recovery. Has anyone ever had any trouble with Ghost and a hardware RAID configuration? It seems to me that it should work since the OS is not really aware of the RAID configuration. Is Symantec referring to software RAID not being supported? Any other software recommendations would be appreciated as well. Thanks.
I have not had any issues ghosting a HW Raid 5 set with Symantec Ghost. In fact we use ghost console and I have some servers scheduled to go down for an automatic ghost on Sundays. All of these servers run RAID 5. The only thing you want to be sure of is that your Ghost boot disk had the SCSI controller drivers on it or you will not be able to see the RAID to ghost.
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There is another utility called Acronis True Image that does it also.
You are correct in stating that hardware RAID runs in isolation and the OS could care less about it.