image based backup

Question

Does anyone have recommendations on a good (and especially cheap) way to take image-based backups of a handful of different machines? Products like Acronis are way too expensive for me. I've heard good things about Windows Home Server as an image-based backup tool, but I'm leery of using WHS to back up a production server.

Has anyone used Windows Home Server to backup production servers? Are there other products out there that would work well for me?

Answer 1

DriveImage XML is fairly cheap: $100 for 5 users all the way to $500 for 100 users

I've never used it to backup a server, but I have used it to image workstation machines and it works pretty well.

Answer 2

Drive snapshot has always worked for me.
Can use VSS to backup open files and is only about $30