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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Nec Corporation, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a software storage unit, a backup method, and a backup control program capable of completing data transfer to a data backup destination in a shorter time. The software storage unit includes a software storage section constructed across a plurality of physical machines and a switch section coupled to an external network, wherein the software storage section grasps data to back up, among stored data, which is to be transferred to a data backup destination, splits the grasped data into a plurality of data parts, and issues a command to transfer the split data parts from respective ones of the plurality of physical machines to the data backup destination via the switch section.