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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Aaron Lindemann, Boise, ID (US);
Xia Xu, Boise, ID (US);
Rodger Daniels, Boise, ID (US);
Lee Nelson, Boise, ID (US);
Aaron Lindemann, Boise, ID (US);
Xia Xu, Boise, ID (US);
Rodger Daniels, Boise, ID (US);
Lee Nelson, Boise, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Exemplary storage network architectures, data architectures, and methods for data restore operation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a storage device comprises a processor, a memory module communicatively connected to the processor, and logic instructions in the memory module which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive a signal that identifies a source volume and a first target snapshot that represents a point in time copy of the source volume, update metadata to define an restore relationship between the first target snapshot and the source volume, execute a background copy process between the first target snapshot and the source volume, and manage input/output operations during the background copy process to permit input/output operations to the source volume during the background copy process.