Program Description

As you know, Kondar Byte-level Delta Deduplication is a new and revolutionary technology to create incremental backups of files of a big size.

With Kondar you can create incremental backup files occupying between 10 and 100 times less space than the original files. To do this, Kondar compares the original file with the modified file and then creates a third, far smaller file that contains only the differences between the first two files. This third file is the incremental backup. You can have a daily backup simply by saving the original file and the incremental backup files.

RIB-it is an easy-to-use tool that we have developed for anyone who would like to use or test Kondar technology without having to actually integrate it into an application by using our SDK. We have developed RIB-it as a proof of concept tool for ISVs that may be interested in integrating Kondar technology into their applications (backup, databases, HD cloning, etc.). With RIB-it, ISVs can easily evaluate the power and effectiveness of Kondar technology without having to actually use our Kondar SDK to make a trial integration.

How to make an incremental backup with RIB-it?

1. For drastically reducing the size of backups made with your standard backup programs (numerous files from your hard disk, etc.).
1. First the user should make a full backup using their usual preferred backup software (for example, Windows Backup) and then save it to a CD or DVD.
2. After this, any time the user wishes to make an incremental backup they should do the following:
   1. Make a full backup with their habitual backup program (for example Windows Backup) and then save it to a temporary directory in the hard disk.
   2. Execute RIB-it indicating in the field "Source" the location of the original full backup (point 1.1 above) that was saved to a CD or DVD.
   Then write in the "Target" field the address of the full backup you have just made (point 1.2.1) and which is located in the temporary directory of the hard disk. Next, in the "Incremental Backup" field put in a file name for the incremental backup you wish to make (would usually include the date of the backup) and the address in the temporary directory where you wish for RIB-it to generate the incremental backup.
   
   3. Finally, click on the button "Create Backup".
   
   
   4. Once RIB-it has finished its work, the incremental backup can be copied to the CD or DVD and then eliminated from the temporary directory. The full backup made prior to the incremental backup (see point 1.2.1 above) should also be erased from the temporary directory.
2. For making incremental backups of very large files without using any other standard backup application.
There are applications such as E-mail clients or servers, databases, hard disk images or virtual machines that produce very large files. In these cases, RIB-it can be used directly to generate incremental backups without having to use a standard backup application:
1. Let’s suppose you decide to use RIB-it to make a daily backup of your Outlook mail messages contained in the file "Personal Folder.pst". In order to do that, copy this file to your backup support (for example, a CDROM or a DVD) at the beginning of the first day before opening and using Outlook.
2. After this, any time you have finished your daily work, close Outlook and run RIB-it. In the field "Source" indicate the complete path of the original file backed up earlier to the CDROM, for example: D:\Personal Folder.pst.


3. In the field "Target" indicate the complete path of the current file where Outlook saves all messages: C:\Outlook\Personal Folder.pst.
4. In the field "Incremental Backup", indicate the complete path where you wish RIB-it to create the incremental backup file, for example: C:\Backup\02-10-2006.rib.
5. In the field "Match Level", select a number between 1 and 8. These numbers are for setting the speed of RIB-it and the size of the resulting incremental backup file. The lower the value, the quicker RIB-it will carry out its work, but the files created will be bigger. With a higher number, the resulting files will be smaller, but RIB-it will take longer to perform the operation.
6. Next, click on the button "Create Backup", and RIB-it will generate a file of a few MB (with only the changes in the target file) in the previously indicated place. Save this new file to the CDROM and erase it from the hard disk.

How do you restore a backup?

If you wish to restore a file, first indicate in the field "Source" the complete path of the original file backed up to the CDROM: D:\Personal Folder.pst.

In the field "Target", indicate the path of the file to be restored: C:\Outlook\Personal Folder.pst.

In the field "Incremental Backup", indicate the complete path of the incremental backup file saved to the CDROM: D:\02-15-2006.rib.

Click on the button "Restore Backup", and RIB-it will restore the backup to the indicated place.

The field "Match Level" is not used in the restoration process.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
• Pentium III.
• At least 256MB RAM.