For disaster recovery and system migration in both physical and virtual environments, Acronis® True Image Echo Server for Windows delivers greater flexibility and value for SMBs and the Remote Office / Branch Office.
Are you running an organization with mission-critical Microsoft® Windows® servers in one location and limited IT staff? How much business would you lose if these servers went down? Acronis® True Image Echo™ Server for Windows provides comprehensive system protection and recovery of Windows servers and allows you to get back to business and minimize downtime.

Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows allows you to:
Create an exact Windows server disk image, including the operating system, databases, and applications;
Migrate your systems between any virtual and physical servers quickly and easily.

After a system crash Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows allows you to perform an entire server restore in just minutes, not hours or days. Complete system restoration can be performed to an existing system or to a new system with different hardware, as well as to a virtual server.

Based on exclusive Acronis Drive Snapshot technology, Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows allows you to create backups without interrupting server operations, providing 24 x 7 x 365 availability

Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows Key features
Restore an entire Windows server in minutes after any unforeseen event

Acronis Universal Restore - restore to different hardware or to a virtual server (note: requires separate add-on license)

New! Backup image encryption

New! Multi-volume snapshots - Permits you to back up data located on multiple volumes

New! Convert image files to VMDK or VHD for instant virtualization - Supports major virtualization operating systems from VMware®, Microsoft®, XenSource®, SWsoft®and Parallels®

New! Dynamic disk support

New! Wider hardware compatibility - including SAS drives and tape libraries support

New! Improved Scheduling and Notifications - including event-driven backups, periodic backup validations, and schedule cloning

Modify images - Mount images in read/write mode and apply changes directly

Boot from an image using Acronis® Active Restore™ (a patent pending technology) - Decrease downtime by allowing systems to be used during a recovery

Enhanced database support - Online backup of servers with the mission critical databases, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and more

Automatic image verification - Peace of mind by ensuring that images can be used for restoration

Differential backups - Decrease the number of backups you manage

File- and folder-based backups

Exclude files from backups - Capture only business data and save space in storage archives

Windows Event Log and SNMP support - Plug into your existing network monitoring application

Custom scripts before/after backups - Facilitate compliance with company-wide backup policies

Throttling to control hard disk write speed and network bandwidth usage - Minimize disruptions of business operations

Create CDs with bootable images, PXE packages, and bootable recovery media ISOs - Eliminate the need to have separate recovery media

Supported operating systems
Microsoft Windows® Server 2008
Microsoft Windows® 2003 Server x64 Editions
Microsoft Windows® 2003 Server
Microsoft Windows® 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server
Special support for other operating systems including Linux and NetWare (bootable CD is required).

Supported file systems
FAT16/32, NTFS, Linux Ext2, Ext3, ReiserFS, and Linux SWAP.
Special sector-by-sector support for other partitions and corrupted file systems.

Supported storage
Hard disk drives
Networked storage devices
Tape drives
CD-R(W)
DVD-RW, DVD+R(W)
ZIP®, Rev® and other removable media
P-ATA (IDE), S-ATA, SCSI, IEEE1394 (Firewire) and USB 1.1 / 2.0 drives, PC card storage devices.
Support for all levels of SCSI and IDE RAID controllers

Hardware requirements
Must meet minimum Operating System hardware requirements.
Disk space: 300 Mb
Extra disk space for installation: 600 Mb

For running Acronis Rescue Media:
CPU: 133 MHz or higher
RAM: 128 Mb or more