Config Fun

In my previous post I was talking about Acronis and I have mentioned that I will try to test the Universal Restore which can restore the backup images on a different (from original) hardware. Now I can tell that it really works great. I managed to restore a Win Srv 2k3 image taken from HP Proliant 110 to some old HP workstation (even P3, not 4). I really like this. I have a number of scenarios for usage:

1. Restoring images on temporary hardware in case the original one went off completely and there is no way to get replacement fast.

2. Migration of old servers to new hardware (this is the original idea why I start playing around the whole thing).

If anyone have any other ideas on a use, share here