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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Yuval Ofek, Framingham, MA (US);
Zoran Cakeljic, Newton, MA (US);
Haim Bitner, Raanana, IL;
Sharon Galtzur, Holon, IL;
Ariel J. Ish-shalom, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Nadav Kedem, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Samuel Krikler, Ramat HaSharon, IL;
Dan Arnon, Boston, MA (US);
Yuval Ofek, Framingham, MA (US);
Zoran Cakeljic, Newton, MA (US);
Haim Bitner, Raanana, IL;
Sharon Galtzur, Holon, IL;
Ariel J. Ish-Shalom, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Nadav Kedem, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Samuel Krikler, Ramat HaSharon, IL;
Dan Arnon, Boston, MA (US);
EMC Corporation, Hopkington, MA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus are disclosed for a computer system including host computers and storage elements. The host computers may be configured into a host domain and the storage elements configured into a storage domain. The storage domain includes a plurality of primary storage devices and a secondary storage device. The secondary storage device may be coupled to a plurality of the primary storage devices through a network. In another embodiment, the secondary storage device may send and receive information from a heterogeneous set of host computers. In another embodiment, connections for transfer of data onto the secondary storage element are created automatically.