The FastBIT
™
Patching Process
A Deeper Look Into Our Technology
The FastBIT™ patching process is the core technology behind our revolutionary program. The patching process involves the comparison of two different versions of the same file and extracting the
differences between the files. When the differences are extracted from the two files, they are saved into a new file and compressed into what is known as a Patch. The patch file is often 85% to 99.9% smaller
than the file which the patch was extracted from originally.
Applying this technology to the backup process will reduce the use of
communication lines, backup tapes, and physical storage, all leading to one thing... Cost Savings! Reduce your costs without sacrificing the integrity of your backups. Here's how our FastBIT patching technology
is applied to your backup process.
When our backup program encounters a file for the first time, it compresses the file and sends it securely to the backup server. Once a file has been compressed and sent to the server, never again will we send
that entire file to the server. All future changes to your files will result in only the changes within the files being sent to the server. When the changes are received by the server, they are applied to your
backup files creating a complete up-to-date copy of your file system. As an optional service, your daily FastBIT Patch Backup files can be stored separately on the server allowing the flexibility of restoring
any file(s) from your backup data as of any point in time.
If you're wondering about the reliability of the patching technology, there's no need to wonder anymore. This technology is not new. It has been the only choice for IBM, Microsoft, Novell, and many other
hardware and software companies needing to update commercially distributed software.
The FastBIT patching process manipulates files at the binary level. This means it can process any file type without error. Different types of files will yield different FastBIT patch sizes based on the binary
organization of the file. We provide some FastBIT patch statistics to illustrate this point further.
File Type
Original File Size (in bytes)
Change Description
Changed File Size (in bytes)
Patch Size (in bytes)
% Reduction patch/changed file
Windows BMP (8-bit)
307,514
Added text to center of image
308,278
2,615
99.15%
Microsoft Word v7.0
431,616
Copied text from middle and pasted at end
448,512
13,598
90.60%
Microsoft Excel v7.0
108,544
Inserted new worksheet; created basic calculation and added 3D Bar-Graph
114,176
5,915
94.82%
Microsoft Access v2.0
1,802,240
Added 3 new records
1,802,240
5,700
99.68%
Intuit QuickBooks
1,265,664
Paid 4 bills and added 2 invoices
1,301,504
8,074
99.38%
Photoshop File
515,473
Added new layer and added text to new layer
524,769
4,480
99.15%
Plain Text File
37,084
Added text to beginning, middle and end of file
39,123
1,285
96.72%
Total
4,468,135
Average Daily Backup
4,538,602
41,667
99.08%
FastBIT reduces the average daily backup by OVER 99%
Applying this technology to the backup process will reduce the use of
communication lines, backup tapes, and physical storage, all leading to one thing... Cost Savings! Reduce your costs without sacrificing the integrity of your backups. Here's how our FastBIT patching technology
is applied to your backup process.