Recovering systems is one of the most time-consuming processes for a computer user or IT department. Imaging tools or software programs, open source and commercial, makes compressed images of the hard drive data of your computer system and stores it on a central server. Later these images can be used to restore your system or roll out new ones.
System Imager is the useful and popular open source imaging software used in Linux and other Unix based computers.
System Imager has several benefits over traditional drive imaging methods and tools. It uses rsync to store the image remotely, and can do the backup or full install in just a few minutes.
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