Backmark.sh Will create a pool of binary and text files with random content, duplicate then in two directories and backup it twice with multiple tools to compare their time and size.

backmark.sh

#!/bin/bash

##
# Backmark.sh
# 
# Will create a pool of binary and text files with random content, 
# duplicate then in two directories and backup it twice
# with multiple tools to compare their time and size. 
#
# Simple like that.
##


# Configs

# How many
GEN_TXT=1000
GEN_BIN=1000
FILES_MIN_SIZE=1024

# What to do
DEL_POOL=1
DEL_BKPS=1
TARGZ=1
RSYNC=1
BORG=1


# Good stuff

echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches &>/dev/null

printf "\n### Start Backmark \n"

mkdir POOL &> /dev/null


for r in {1..2}; do
	printf "\n## Backmark run ${r} \n"
	mkdir -p POOL/${r}/a &> /dev/null
	mkdir -p POOL/${r}/b &> /dev/null
	
	if [ ${GEN_TXT} -gt 0 ]; then
		printf "# POOL of TXTs ${r} \n"
		for n in $(eval echo {1..$GEN_TXT}); do
			fn=file_$( printf %03d "${n}" ).txt
			base64 /dev/urandom | head -c $(( RANDOM + ${FILES_MIN_SIZE} )) |tee POOL/${r}/a/${fn} POOL/${r}/b/${fn} &>/dev/null
		done
	fi
	
	if [ ${GEN_BIN} -gt 0 ]; then
		printf "# POOL of BINs ${r} \n"
		for n in $(eval echo {1..${GEN_BIN}}); do
			fn=file_$( printf %03d "${n}" ).bin
			cat /dev/urandom | head -c $(( RANDOM + ${FILES_MIN_SIZE} )) |tee POOL/${r}/a/${fn} POOL/${r}/b/${fn} &>/dev/null
		done
	fi
	
	du -sh POOL


	if [ ${TARGZ} -gt 0 ]; then
		printf "\n# TARGZ Backup ${r}\n"
		mkdir TARGZ &>/dev/null
	
		\time -f "real %e \nuser %U \nsys %S \nio %w" tar -czf TARGZ/backmark.tgz -g TARGZ/targz.snar POOL >/dev/null
		du -sh TARGZ
	fi
	
	if [ ${RSYNC} -gt 0 ]; then
		printf "\n# RSYNC Backup ${r}\n"
		mkdir RSYNC &> /dev/null
	
		\time -f "real %e \nuser %U \nsys %S \nio %w" rsync -aR --progress POOL RSYNC >/dev/null
		du -sh RSYNC
	fi

	if [ ${BORG} -gt 0 ]; then
		printf "\n# BORG Backup ${r}\n"
		mkdir BORG &> /dev/null
	
		borg init --encryption=none BORG &>/dev/null
		\time -f "real %e \nuser %U \nsys %S \nio %w" borg create --compression lz4,9 --progress BORG::R${r} POOL >/dev/null
		du -sh BORG
	fi
done

if [ ${DEL_POOL} -gt 0 ]; then
	rm -rf POOL
fi

if [ ${DEL_BKPS} -gt 0 ]; then
	rm -rf TARGZ RSYNC BORG
fi

printf "\n### End Backmark \n"