

We installed the software and backed up the same 2GB data set to check for any major issues or glitches in the client software.

Online services: The performance of online backup services will vary according to their location and the network equipment between you and the data depository. We also test the USB boot drives created by the programs. We then mount the images and test their integrity via the program’s restore functions. This is largely to test reliability and hardware compatibility, but we time two: an approximately 115GB system image (two partitions), and a roughly 50GB image created from a set of smaller files and folders. How we test free backup software and servicesīackup software: We run each program through the various types of backups it’s capable of.
