Creating a partition (disk) image
Acronis True Image Server User’s Guide
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Image file size selection
FAT16 and FAT32 file systems have a limit for maximum file sizes. In particular, FAT16 limit is
2Gb, FAT32 limit – 4Gb. FAT32 is currently the most popular end user file system. At the same
time, existing hard drives have capacities of 160Gb and above! Therefore, an image file might
easily exceed this limit. In this case Acronis True Image Server will automatically split image into
several files.
If you need to
automatically
create an image on CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW media or a
tape, Acronis True Image Server will ask you to insert a new disc (tape), when the
previous is full.
You can also fix image file size by selecting Fixed size and entering the desired
size or selecting it from the drop-down list. By default, the value is in bytes, but you
can also use kilobytes and megabytes by adding needed units.
You can also split image file into several volumes, when storing it on a hard drive as well,
because in the future you'll be able to easily transfer these files onto CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW
discs. And creating images directly on CD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW might take considerably longer
time then it would on a hard disk.
Selecting data compression level
On this step you must select the data compression level for image to be created.
If you select None, all data will be transferred into an image file as they are,
increasing the image size. On the other hand, the maximum compression might
reduce the program performance and prolong image creation.