Ghost (disk utility)
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This article is about the backup software. For the blogging platform, see Ghost (blogging platform).
GHOST (an acronym for general hardware-oriented system transfer[4]), now Symantec™ GHOST Solution Suite (GSS)[5] for enterprise, is a disk cloning and backup tool originally developed by Murray Haszard in 1995 for Binary Research. The technology was acquired in 1998 by Symantec.
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Original author(s) | Murray Haszard |
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Developer(s) | Symantec |
Initial release | 1995 (1995) |
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Type | Disk cloning |
License | Trialware |
Website | ghost |
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The backup and recovery functionality was replaced by Symantec System Recovery (SSR).
Broadcom acquired Symantec's Enterprise Security business in 2019.