clone raid 5, raid 1 to images

[ss4sgoku]

hi i want to make a clone image of raid 5 and raid 1 and keep it save in an external disk but i dont know how to do this or what program can i use to do that on my servers
i have been does images using ghost but just of hard drive to harddrive but now i need to do that in raid and i think its a lil diferent.. and i dont want to make a mess or lose data
i can shutdown my servers any time i want wich means that i can use a boot disk utility
use in my servers win2003 and other centos 5.5
please helpme

[Samo]

You could use Acronis products.
Regards

[warnerr]

Good sugestion, Samo. Acronis can make the images to any target device even across networks. They also have a module for handeling dissimular hardware that could be important should the server be destroyed as you can force a new driver for a different raid controller to be used.

[ss4sgoku]

mm okey i can use acronis but wich product to be exactly????
the idea its that i can use the images of the whole raid include the boot system etc
it will work fine later if i use those images to clone in another raid with the same parts ??
wil it boot??
whats the diference between the ghost and the acronis soft?

[warnerr]

http://www.acronis.com/backup-recovery/server-windows/ is the stand-alone version for backing up microsoft servers operating system products. This will make a file image that you can use to restore system to exactly as it was the moment the backup was made. You can also mount an image as a virtual drive and browse the files choosing just a group of files to recover. Everything works fine restoring to IDENTICLE hardware, but in the real world its something like a destroyed raid controller, etc. that happens. Add Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10 Universal Restore™ to your arsenal- this allows you to inject something like the driver for a replacement different raid card, motherboard drivers, etc. at time of restoration!
Have failed to restore workstations with ghost due to file errors- so no faith in it whatsoever. Ghost will not allow driver injection on dissimular hardware in true disaster recovery. Acronis allows image to be stored anyware- even the internet so it can be safely removed from the premises.