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A feature that allows you to suspend database activity for several seconds is provided so
that you can create a valid image of mission-critical applications such as Microsoft
Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle. This database suspension process
supports Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). If your database or operating
system does not support VSS, Acronis True Image Echo Server will execute your custom
commands to execute database suspension.
Leverages Existing Technology Investments
The product can leverage your current storage infrastructure by supporting a variety of
storage media, so you can avoid costly hardware purchases to implement the solution.
The product supports key storage technologies such as: Direct Attached Storage (DAS),
Network Attached Storage (NAS), Storage Area Networks (SAN), Redundant Arrays of
Independent Disks (RAID), tapes, USB and IEEE-1394 (FireWire) compliant storage
devices, CDs, DVDs, removable drives (Floppy, Zip, etc.) and shared storage. Moreover,
the product ensures that you maximize the space on these resources with four levels of
compression.
Disk cloning and new disk deployment
Acronis True Image Echo Server can be used to clone an image onto multiple servers. For
example, let’s say a company purchased several servers and needs similar environments
on each of them. Traditionally, the IT manager would install the operating system and
programs on every server. With Acronis True Image Echo Server, the IT manager would
configure a single server, then create a disk image of the system. That image can then be
duplicated onto multiple servers.
If you need to upgrade the server hard disk drive, Acronis True Image Echo Server
simplifies the task to few mouse clicks creating the exact copy of your old disk to a new
one and adjusting partitions size to fit a new hard disk.
Volumes conversion
Acronis True Image Echo Server can back up and recover dynamic volumes.
Dynamic volume as is can be recovered over the same volume or unallocated space of a
dynamic group. Acronis True Image Echo Server has necessary tools for any-to-any disks
conversion in terms of basic disks and dynamic volumes of any type (simple, spanned,
striped, mirrored or RAID 5). The tools are available in bootable program version as well.
Having booted the Acronis environment, you can easily prepare the desired dynamic
group on bare metal or a computer with non-Windows operating system.

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Backup
Backup and restore of 2+TB volumes
Encrypting backups with industry-standard AES cryptographic algorithm (key size 128,
192, 256 bit)
Multi-volume snapshot for databases spread on several disks
Control network bandwidth usage when backing up to FTP
Error handling: ignore bad sectors, silent mode (no pop-ups, continue on all errors)
Dual destination backup: Acronis Secure Zone + network share
Support for VMware Consolidated backup