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| Posted by | Womble |
| Posted on | 24/10/04 23:40 |
Testing:
The amount of tests I could perform with this product are pretty
much endless. I have decided to go with the main tests of backing up from my
Hard Drive to various devices in Full and Incremental mode along with the
restoration of the data to the original location. These in essence will be speed
tests and tests to see if everything works as
stated.
I will also test the FTP functionally of the program by doing the
same tests but with a reduced amount of data.
In addition to this, I will try out the synchronization mode
offered. Here I will use the Mirror both folders option. I will add the changed
data to both folders at the same time to see if the mirror both folders function
works correctly.
At the end I will use a few of the other features to check they
work and to see how much of an overhead they add to the backup and restore
times.
Comparable
Data:
To gauge how well the program was
performing I used the Windows Copy and Paste feature to back up the data to
various backup locations and mediums I have decided to use. This will give a set
of results to compare the work of Handy Backup in different
cases.
A.
Source Hard Drive to
Backup Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
copied in
B.
Source Hard Drive to CD
Writer (Using Nero 5.5)
a.
Original data was successfully
copied in
C.
Source Hard Drive to
a.
Original data was successfully
copied in
Test
One: Full Backup
This test will back up the entire test folder containing 200MB of
data to the selected backup location every ten minutes. Between each backup I
will change 20MB of data and add a new 2MB file.
A.
Source Hard Drive to
Backup Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in
B.
Source Hard Drive to CD
Writer
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in
C.
Source Hard Drive to
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in
Test
Two: Incremental Backup
This test will back up the entire test folder containing 200MB of
data to the selected backup location in the first example and then will back up
only the changed data every ten minutes. Between each backup I will change 20MB
of data and add a new 2MB file.
A.
Source Hard Drive to
Backup Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:11 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:12 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
B.
Source Hard Drive to CD
Writer
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:32 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:41 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
C.
Source Hard Drive to
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:50 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in 0:52 minutes. The new file was also backed
up.
Test
Three: Restoration Of Backup
This test will restore the entire backup test folder containing
200MB of original data to the original data
location.
A.
Backup Hard Drive to
Source Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored in
B.
CD Writer to Source
Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored in 0:42 minutes.
C.
a.
Original data was successfully
restored in
Test
Four: FTP Tests
These tests will use the reduced amount of data to test out the
FTP functionality of the program.
A.
Full Backup from Source
Hard Drive to FTP
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up.
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up. The new file was also backed
up.
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up. The new file was also backed
up.
B.
Incremental Backup from
Source Hard Drive to FTP
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up.
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up. The new file was also backed
up.
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up. The new file was also backed
up.
C.
Restore Backup from FTP
to Source Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored.
Due to problems with both my connection and backup host server, I
won't post the times I got here. The three times I ran the tests, the results
fluctuated wildly. I don't believe that the program was responsible for the
results after running other tests on my connection and backup
server.
Test
Five: Synchronization Of Backups
This test will back up the entire test folder containing 200MB of
data to the Backup Hard Drive in the first example. The first changed data will
then be added to the Source Hard Drive folder and the second changed data will
be added to the Backup Hard Drive folder.
A.
Mirror Source Hard
Drive folder and Backup Hard Drive folder
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive in
b.
Both folders mirrored the changed
data of each other in 0:18 minutes.
Test
Six: Additional Tests
These tests are to see if the rest of the program works as stated.
Once again the original 200MB of data will be used in all of the
tests.
A.
Full Backup from Source
Hard Drive with Encryption to Backup Hard Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive with Standard Zip
Encryption in
b.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive with BlowFish Encryption
in
B.
Full Restore from
Backup Hard Drive with Encryption to Source Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored from Backup Hard Drive to Source Hard Drive with Standard Zip
Encryption in
b.
Original data was successfully
restored from Backup Hard Drive to Source Hard Drive with BlowFish Encryption in
C.
Full Backup from Source
Hard Drive with Compression to Backup Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive at Low Compression Quality
in
b.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive at High Compression
Quality in
D.
Full Restore from
Backup Hard Drive with Compression to Source Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored from Backup Hard Drive to Source Hard Drive at Low Compression Quality
in
b.
Original data was successfully
restored from Backup Hard Drive to Source Hard Drive at High Compression Quality
in
E.
Full Backup from Source
Hard Drive with Encryption & High Compression to Backup Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up from Source Hard Drive to Backup Hard Drive in
F.
Full Restore from
Backup Hard Drive with Encryption & High Compression to Source Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
restored from Backup Hard Drive to Source Hard Drive in
G.
Full Backup from Source
Hard Drive using TimeStamps to Backup Hard
Drive
a.
Original data was successfully
backed up in
b.
First changed data was
successfully backed up in
c.
Second changed data was
successfully backed up in
Next we'll take a look at the positives and negatives of Handy Backup...
Test Machine And Data
I have bought this program a few week's ago, I am 100% satisfied with it and I recomend it!
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[edited by MP|3 on 26.10.2004 18:20]
please contact me for more information
[edited by MP|3 on 26.10.2004 18:21]
It took some time for me to figure out that the one I downloaded from handybackup.dotcom (Handy Backup 4.0) seems to be simply one of the earlier versions of HB 5.7 - the one at handybackup.net. Its interface is more complicated and its feature set is noticeably worse than those of Handy Backup 5.7 (by the way, it's available for download at numerous websites created for different languages speakers: handybackup.fr, haendybackup.de, handybackup.ru, etc. - I found this fact quite funny and cute
) It can backup to dvd (http://www.handybackup.net/backup-to-dvd.shtml), and what about the other features I especially liked the ability to make online backups.
Please mind this mix up, and download the newer version
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