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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2002
Applicants:

Yuval Ofek, Framingham, MA (US);

Zoran Cakeljic, Newton, MA (US);

Haim Bitner, Raanana, IL;

Sharon Galtzur, Holon, IL;

Michael Hirsch, Mazkeret Batya, IL;

Nadav Kedem, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Samuel Krikler, Ramat HaSharon, IL;

Dan Arnon, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Yuval Ofek, Framingham, MA (US);

Zoran Cakeljic, Newton, MA (US);

Haim Bitner, Raanana, IL;

Sharon Galtzur, Holon, IL;

Michael Hirsch, Mazkeret Batya, IL;

Nadav Kedem, Tel-Aviv, IL;

Samuel Krikler, Ramat HaSharon, IL;

Dan Arnon, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F012/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Method and apparatus are disclosed for copying and backing up logical objects in a computer storage system. The logical objects are comprised of data blocks. The data blocks may be copied in any order. The data blocks may be copied or written from a storage media, such as a tape, in parallel.


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