Junglist0682 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Afternoon all, it's been awhile since I have posted here. We currently have a server here in the office and I was asked if I would like to work on it to create an image server. Would anyone have any experience doing this? This is new to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 So is this for internal use only? Or would the files be linked on the internet etc.? A typical file server would be fine for internal use only. But if you are looking to host them online you would also need a domain name so that the links could be pointed back and resolve to the host or server. I guess you could host online without a domain name as well and point back to a IP address. But then you will also have to contend with bandwidth. There are some NAS devices that can also create links which will allow pointing back to the server as well for sharing images etc. I guess we need a little more info on exactly what you want it to do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanator Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Afternoon all, it's been awhile since I have posted here. We currently have a server here in the office and I was asked if I would like to work on it to create an image server. Would anyone have any experience doing this? This is new to me Is this for computer imaging or picture files? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist0682 Posted March 21, 2018 Author Share Posted March 21, 2018 I'm sorry all - this would be for imaging and not pictures. I will edit the title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 For a second there I thought you were talking about a PXE boot server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Boy honestly I have never really looked into this before myself. I think @C Pav use to use one at a school system back in the day. In theory I know how they work, but have never set one up. I was looking around google and there is some free software out there Clonedeploy. But there might be some good pay ones out there as well. Does Acronis make one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist0682 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 For a second there I thought you were talking about a PXE boot server. actually I am under the impression this may be the goal. Server = Images Hosted Client = Accessing the images via Boot Up I began to look around yesterday to get an idea and came across a video that mentioned this sofware > https://sourceforge.net/projects/cruciblewds/ I continued to look around and came across around this video > I also am not sure which OS would need to be used to perform this nor am I familiar with the amount of drives that are needed for space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist0682 Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Boy honestly I have never really looked into this before myself. I think @C Pav use to use one at a school system back in the day. In theory I know how they work, but have never set one up. I was looking around google and there is some free software out there Clonedeploy. But there might be some good pay ones out there as well. Does Acronis make one? Thank you Nodle - I also came across CloneDeploy yesterday as I was doing a quick browse. I am going to also have a second look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Microsoft has free deployment services. We have it running on Windows Server 2012 R2 if I remember correctly. Have win 7 and win 8 images available. If I remember correctly, you bring it in as a role. (been about 2 years since we did it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Windows Deployment Services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Deployment_Services 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-get-started-with-windows-deployment-services/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 If you want bootable thumb drives with Win images there's Rufus. https://rufus.akeo.ie/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junglist0682 Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 @Davidc Thank you for the replies. The rufus I currently use when needed I have never used WDS so I am going to look into it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodle Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Looks like Acronis might do it maybe?: https://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidc Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Acronis makes top notch products I've heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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