ShadowProtect
ShadowProtect is a backup and system-restore program developed by StorageCraft. It allows bare-metal restores to be performed, even remotely using VNC technology. It was reviewed in PC Magazine[1] and Windows IT Pro.[2]
StorageCraft Shadow Protect is gaining popularity due to the many advanced features that are offered such as:
- Rapid recovery from bare metal, to dissimilar hardware or to and from virtual environments.
- Centralized backup administration from a management console.
- ShadowProtect ImageManager to automatically consolidate backup image files.
- Verification and re-verification of backup images.
- VirtualBoot technology for quick failover to a virtual server.
- Converter tool to convert to .VHD or .VMDK.
- Automatic backup of SQL, Exchange and other critical applications.
- Granular recovery of individual files and folders in moments.
- Simplified migration to new Windows servers.
- Scheduler for automatic full and incremental backups.