Symantec Spruces Up Ghost Imaging Solution

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Version 8.0 adds innovative features such as the ability to store drive images locally on an existing drive partition, using what Symantec refers to as a client staging area. That capability allows administrators to significantly reduce network traffic while still preserving drive images in a manageable fashion. What's more, administrators are now able to manage the imaging process for remote users over limited bandwidth connections.

Other improvements include inventory functionality, multicast file transfers, Microsoft Pre-installation Environment support and enhanced external media support. Those enhancements help make the latest Ghost a good fit for many environments. Administrators can now build comprehensive software and hardware inventories and then use that information to script image deployments, enabling them to roll out a new operating system to only those client systems that meet minimum hardware requirements, for example.

Harried technicians will benefit from the enhanced support of removable media. Most external devices such as FireWire-based hard drives and USB-connected storage devices are directly supported by the Ghost environment.

Beyond those capabilities, Ghost Enterprise Edition version 8.0 has become a better fit for those supporting the disaster-recovery process. The product's improved management console and enhanced portability of image files make it a natural selection for those looking to bolster a

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