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> To view the full article, please visit
> http://www.BetterVssRemoting.com
>
>
> Better VSS Remote Access Tool
>
> This article makes a detailed comparison among SourceAnyWhere,
> SourceOffSite, VSS Remoting and possible others.
>
> Keywords: VSS Remote Access, VSS Web Access, VSS Internet Access,
> SourceSafe Remote Access, SourceSafe Web Access, SourceSafe
>
> Internet Access, SourceOffSite, SourceAnyWhere, VSS Remoting
>
> Index
> 1. Overview
> 2. Comparison Summary
> 3. Test Environment
> 4. Test Methodology
> 5. Breakdown
> 5.1 Speed
> 5.2 Stability
> 5.3 Security
> 5.4 VSS Feature Support
> 5.5 Usability
> 5.6 Diff/Merge
> 5.7SCCI Integration
> 5.8 Cross Platform
> 6 Others
>
>
> 1. Overview
>
>
> What does the article do? It makes a comparison among SourceAnyWhere
> 3.1, SourceOffSite 4.1 and VSS Remoting 2.5.
>
> Our initiative is to make an unbiased, objective, repeatable and
> verifiable comparison:
> a. Real project is used. The project I use is eMule, which is at
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/emule/
> b. Detailed steps are presented. You can follow the detailed steps
> easily.
> c. If you want to make a comment, I can be reached at
> bettervssremoting@yahoo.com.
>
> If you need more info, please visit their official websites:
>
> SourceAnyWhere (SAW) from DynamSoft
> http://www.dynamsoft.com
>
> SourceOffSite (SOS) from SourceGear
> http://www.sourcegear.com
>
> VSS Remoting from Source Remoting
> http://www.sourceremoting.com
>
> Want to add a product? Write to me:
> bettervssremoting@yahoo.com
>
> The real result may vary if you do the test in different environment or
> different files are used. However, the basic concept
>
> of this comparison, such as which one is the fastest, which one has
> more VSS features, should be applicable everywhere.
>
>
> To view the full article, please go to
> http://www.bettervssremoting.com
>
>
> 2. Comparison Summary (5 star ***** is the best)
>
> Speed Comparison
> SAW *****
> SOS **
> VSS Remoting **
>
> Stability Comparison
> SAW ****
> SOS ***
> VSS Remoting **
>
> Security
> SAW ****
> SOS ***
> VSS Remoting ***
>
> VSS Feature Support
> SAW ****
> SOS ****
> VSS Remoting ****
>
> Usability
> SAW ****
> SOS **
> VSS Remoting **
>
> Diff/Merge
> SAW ****
> SOS ****
> VSS Remoting **
>
> IDE Integration
> SAW ***
> SOS ***
> VSS Remoting ****
>
> Cross Platform
> SAW *
> SOS ****
> VSS Remoting ***
>
> Speed:
> I am totally surprised and excited by the speed of SourceAnyWhere. For
> Get, Checkout and other operations, SourceAnyWhere can
>
>
> be up to 40+ times faster than SourceOffSite and VSS Remoting.
>
>
> Stability:
> SourceAnyWhere never has any problem in the whole test.
>
> VSS Remoting has difficulty to add files.
>
> SourceOffSite has several problems when it comes to stability. It fails
> often when I try to add big files. The big problem of
>
> SourceOffSite is cancel. There is no cancel support in IDE integration.
> After a cancel operation in Add, Checkin, Checkout or
>
> Get in SourceOffSite Explorer, the CPU usage of SourceOffSite server
> goes up to almost 100% and can not come down, unless the
>
> server is restarted.
>
> Security:
> What makes SourceAnyWhere unique is the password policy.
> All the products use 128-bit cryptography.
> SourceOffSite and SourceAnyWhere use BlowFish.
> VSS Remoting uses HTTPS.
>
>
> VSS Feature Support:
> Weakness and strengths equally exist in them three.
>
>
> Usability:
> SAW is the best. All the Windows of SAW is in Win32 style. It can
> detect if a file is changed automatically.
>
>
> Diff/Merge
> In File Diff (2-way)/File Merge (3-way), SourceAnyWhere and
> SourceOffSite run neck and neck; VSS Remoting has a low
> performance
>
> IDE Integration:
> SourceAnyWhere, SourceOffSite and VSS Remoting all support MSSCCI
> Integration.
> VSS Remoting supports DreamWeaver integration
>
> I have not tested the IDE integration intensively. I give this rate
> just according to manual of the three products.
>
>
> Cross Platform:
> SourceOffSite can cross most popular platforms, VSS Remoting has a web
> interface which can login server through web
>
>
> 3. Test Environment
>
> Test Data
>
> Real project is used for test
> All eMule0.44c and eMule0.44d files are downloaded from Sourceforge
> Download eMule0.44c (3.1M) and eMule0.44d (3.1M) used in the test
> Big Files are simulated files created by us
>
> Server Configuration
>
> P4, 2.8G, 256M RAM, Windows XP Professional
> SourceAnyWhere profession 3.1 DEMO Server
> SourceOffSite4.1 with Cryptography DEMO Server
> VSS Remoting Server 2.5
> Visual SourceSafe6.0 + Sp6
>
> Client Configuration
>
> P4 Celeron 2.0G, 256M RAM, Windows 2003
> ADSL connection
> SourceAnyWhere profession 3.1
> SourceOffSite 4.1 with Cryptography
> VSS Remoting Client 2.5
>
>
> 4. Test Methodology
>
> All the three products are tested on the same computers and internet
> connection
>
> All the three products are tested on the same data set
>
> All the three products are tested with the same process
>
> For speed test, every action is carried out 5 times
>
> The initial state of the VSS database is empty (newly created)
>
>
> 5. Breakdown
>
> To view the detailed test results and other features, please visit
> http://www.BetterVssRemoting.com
>