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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2004
Roger Keith Stager, Livermore, CA (US);
Donald Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Pawan Saxena, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randall Johnson, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Craig Anthony Johnston, Livermore, CA (US);
Yafen Peggy Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Rico Blaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Roger Keith Stager, Livermore, CA (US);
Donald Alvin Trimmer, Livermore, CA (US);
Pawan Saxena, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randall Johnson, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);
Craig Anthony Johnston, Livermore, CA (US);
Yafen Peggy Chang, Fremont, CA (US);
Rico Blaser, San Francisco, CA (US);
NetApp, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system where data is maintained in a continuous data protection system is disclosed. A primary volume may be protected according to an any-point-in-time (APIT) window wherein restores may be performed at any time as desired. The APIT window may be of any time duration as desired. Outside of the APIT window, a retention policy for phasing out data may be established as desired.