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Add to SafariWhen comparing Fog Project vs DriveImage XML, the Slant community recommends Fog Project for most people. In the question“What are the best desktop imaging software tools?” Fog Project is ranked 1st while DriveImage XML is ranked 2nd. The most important reason people chose Fog Project is:
FOG is more than just an imaging solution, it also has network management features: - Snapins to install software and run jobs/scripts on the clients - Printer management - Change hostname and join domain - Track user access on computers, automatic log off and shutdown on idle timeouts - Anti-Virus - Disk wiping - Restore deleted files - Bad blocks scan
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Pros
Pro Network management
FOG is more than just an imaging solution, it also has network management features:
- Snapins to install software and run jobs/scripts on the clients
- Printer management
- Change hostname and join domain
- Track user access on computers, automatic log off and shutdown on idle timeouts
- Anti-Virus
- Disk wiping
- Restore deleted files
- Bad blocks scan
Pro Clone to smaller disk
FOG supports putting an image that came from a computer with a 80GB partition onto a machine with a 40GB hard drive as long as the data is less than 40GB.
Pro Free (Open Source)
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3).
Pro Hot images
Can backup while the drive is in use.
Pro Run from CD
Can run from a live CD, useful when your system disk has crashed.
Pro Copy drive to drive
Pro Compact
Less than 2 Mb in size.
Cons
Con Needs a Linux server
Con UI looks dated
The user interface looks dated.
