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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Manish Gupta, New Dehli, IN;
Sreekrishnan Venkiteswaran, Bangalore, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5009 (2013.01); G06F 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 11/2023 (2013.01); G06F 11/2069 (2013.01); H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 67/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and program product that provides a disaster recovery (DR) brokerage infrastructure. A system is described that includes: a network of intermediate storage nodes and peering points; and a brokerage manager that periodically evaluates a set of DR as a service (DRaaS) providers and selects a cost optimal DRaaS provider for a subscriber, wherein the brokerage manager replicates DR related data for the subscriber in an intermediate storage node prior to delivery to the cost optimal DRaaS provider.