ServerMagic 3.0

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Summary: A excellent hard drive utility
Review: I found Server Magic 3.0 to be very helpful when I had to reconfigure some drives and partitions on an NT server. I must disagree with the software user from Phoenix who said you can only copy partitions to free space on the same drive. That is simply not true. I have copied many partitions between different drives, and different interfaces. I've even juggled partitions around on a RAID array. Also, where else, but to free space, would you copy a partition? The copy is an exact duplicate of the source partition. So, the target area must be of equal or greater size. You have to tell Server Magic to delete a partition if you want to get rid of an old partition to create that free space. Server Magic queues up all the reconfiguration selections and runs them like a batch script. You can take advantage of this and write your own scripts to automate the process for unattended operation so you don't need to use the GUI. You do need to boot your system in DOS for that, but with some creative scripts, there are many possibilities. One thing to watch out for, but not a fault of Server Magic at all, is the 8GB limit on RAID arrays. Neither Server Magic, nor any DOS program will see anything above 8GB. That problem lies in how the RAID array presents the logical drive to DOS, which is where Server Magic runs from. Many RAID controllers do not have drivers for DOS because of the inherent limitations of DOS. Again, this is not a fault of Server Magic. Check with the manufacturer of your RAID controller for DOS drivers. The price seems a little high, but it does support FAT, FAT32, HPFS, NTFS, and Novell Netware file systems. This product is not meant to do disk cloning, or backup to removable media (CD-R, CD-RW) or over a network. That's a different product purchased seprately: Drive Image Pro. I would recommend Server Magic as a great addition to any IT person's toolbox.

Rating:
Summary: A excellent hard drive utility
Review: I found Server Magic 3.0 to be very helpful when I had to reconfigure some drives and partitions on an NT server. I must disagree with the software user from Phoenix who said you can only copy partitions to free space on the same drive. That is simply not true. I have copied many partitions between different drives, and different interfaces. I've even juggled partitions around on a RAID array. Also, where else, but to free space, would you copy a partition? The copy is an exact duplicate of the source partition. So, the target area must be of equal or greater size. You have to tell Server Magic to delete a partition if you want to get rid of an old partition to create that free space. Server Magic queues up all the reconfiguration selections and runs them like a batch script. You can take advantage of this and write your own scripts to automate the process for unattended operation so you don't need to use the GUI. You do need to boot your system in DOS for that, but with some creative scripts, there are many possibilities. One thing to watch out for, but not a fault of Server Magic at all, is the 8GB limit on RAID arrays. Neither Server Magic, nor any DOS program will see anything above 8GB. That problem lies in how the RAID array presents the logical drive to DOS, which is where Server Magic runs from. Many RAID controllers do not have drivers for DOS because of the inherent limitations of DOS. Again, this is not a fault of Server Magic. Check with the manufacturer of your RAID controller for DOS drivers. The price seems a little high, but it does support FAT, FAT32, HPFS, NTFS, and Novell Netware file systems. This product is not meant to do disk cloning, or backup to removable media (CD-R, CD-RW) or over a network. That's a different product purchased seprately: Drive Image Pro. I would recommend Server Magic as a great addition to any IT person's toolbox.

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Summary: NT Users Beware
Review: Server magic can change partitons, move data, all in simple steps. Easy to use. A real time saver. No Novell shop should be without this software.

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Summary: What every CNE needs
Review: Server magic can change partitons, move data, all in simple steps. Easy to use. A real time saver. No Novell shop should be without this software.

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Summary: NT Users Beware
Review: This product is of very limited value to NT users because it only allows you to copy partitions to free space on the same drive. If you are looking for somthing to provide a backup across a network or on removable media, keep looking. I gave it one star because zero is not available.

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