A question from a library person on a listserve:

“Is anyone experienced with cloning disc images and deploying them from a server? I’m looking at a few options:  Clonezilla, Fog, MDT, WDS.  I’m looking for a deployment option that is fairly easy to use, works well with Server R2, and can easily deploy to 30+ Windows 7/10 machines. ”

A few people answered; so we are passing it on to you here in case you have similar questions. If you have some other suggestions, post them below!

• We use FOG and are very happy with it.  The program is easy to use and works with few problems.  However, it only runs on Linux.   I don’t have any experience with Clonezilla server, but we used to use Clonezilla Live.  It got the job done, but required us to go from computer to computer with a flash drive.  FOG is much less time consuming. If you want to use a Windows Server as an imaging server, you might have to use the Microsoft approved way of deploying Windows via MDT and WDS.
• You might want to take a look at clone deploy as well.
  http://clonedeploy.org/ I have used it and it works very well.
• I use Symantec Ghost Solution Suite and am very with how it works for cloning and deployment. It runs on Windows Server and has an easy to use GUI. It can also be configured to do all sorts of patch management also.
• We have used Clonezilla before.  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t and you have to do a regular re-image.
• We’re using SCCM for image creation and deployment.  That might be too big a tool for your needs but it’s certainly useful for us (240 public computers running Windows 10 in 4 buildings).