FastBit Compression Technology
CentralDataVault employs a technology called FastBit binary patching. Originally developed over 10 years ago as a method for upgrading software, binary patching has received widespread acceptance by many of the world’s largest companies including IBM, Microsoft, AOL and Intuit.
Utilizing a complex algorithm and special memory management, binary patching is capable of comparing files and extracting "patches" of binary data that represent only the specific changes to those files. Simply put, If only 1 kilobyte of data has actually changed in the file, then only a 1-kilobyte patch is extracted for backup thus eliminating the overhead imposed by block technology methodology.
By using the FastBit binary patching process, the amount of time it takes to perform backups has shrunk dramatically.
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