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this response time against (as file size has no effect on the time taken to
recognize the change), so there is no data available for this test.

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\section{Evaluation}

The software produced in this project has met every requirement set out in the
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At Servat, we are mainly an accounting systems provider, installing and
maintaining DataFile for our clients. We also resell a remote backup
Servat supplies, installs and supports accounting systems which include
Datafile (on premise), SAP Business One (on premise or hosted via remote
desktop-Citrix) and Aqilla (Cloud Based). We also resell a remote backup
system, however, called Vembu. This is re-branded as our own product,
DataSquirrel. DataSquirrel backs up customer data over the internet to
a server in the cloud.
DataSquirrel. DataSquirrel backs up customer data over the Internet to
a server hosted on Amazon's EC2 cloud platform.

I have personally been involved in backup systems for 30 years and have
learned that they can never be as simple as one might assume. Through our
implementation and support work we a have wide experience of maintaining
user backups and development copies of various systems.

Robert has tackled a number of the issues with considerable initiative and
also identified a gap in the market.

The software Rob has produced is of a standard we would consider marketing
as an in-house alternative to our DataSquirrel product. There are, however,
a number of things which prevent us from doing so.

Firstly, the backup system does not support Windows operating systems,
which is a definite must in our customer environments, which are almost
entirely Windows-based. Also, the backups themselves are not encrypted,
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written at the beginning of the project, and performs well in all areas. In
particular, the web interface is well designed and intuitive, which would
allow less technical personnel to recover files without contacting us
unnecessarily. All-in-all, an impressive piece of work!
unnecessarily. All-in-all, a well-made piece of software.

We hope Robert will find time and resources to continue this project after
graduation in which case we will continue support and hope to be involved
in the public launch.

Good Luck,

Chris Brown
Director,
Servat
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---Personal communication from Chris Brown (\emph{chris@servat.co.uk}),
received 3/5/2011
received 4/5/2011
\end{quote}

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\subsection{Methodology}

As described in section \ref{sec:implementation-methodology}, this project was
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