Implementing Arcserve Backup › Planning Storage Environments › Storage Capacity Requirements › Testing Plans and Assumptions

Testing Plans and Assumptions

After you have made the required estimates, performed all the necessary calculations, and formulated a plan that should work for your organization, you should test it. Set up a pilot test configuration using a scaled down environment and run tests.

Using the Arcserve Backup logs, you can see how good your estimates were. Use the backup logs to:

• Determine if you estimated the correct amount of backup data correctly by checking the size of a full backup generated by your plan.
• Check your estimate of the average percent change in your data by checking the size of the incremental backups.
• Make sure that all the data that should be backed up is backed up.
• Verify if your data and network segmentation tactics have worked as intended.