Does the image file need to be formated as NTFS to be able to write to it by the thrid party backup software? It seems as if it does not.

Thanks. So are we saying that the whole image file gets backed up as one file or the contents of the image file? Also, I assume the image file needs to be formatted as NTFS when it is set-up initially?

We are using Microsoft's Data Protection Manager to write back-ups to our NAS. I have created a 256GB image that I will write back-ups to. Is it possible to back-up this image file to tape or another disk, or rather is it common practice or efficient to back-up these large image files? Would the mir...

I have a SCSI attached Hewlett Packard Autoloader tape drive that I would like to address with ISCSI. Will Starwind see ISCSI enabled tape drives? How would I get started with this? I know I need to ask my back-up software vendor how I would address an ISCSI tape drive with their back-up software.