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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Kenneth W. Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kirby G. Dahman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth F. Day, Ii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Philip M. Doatmas, Tucson, AZ (US);
John J. Wolfgang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth W. Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kirby G. Dahman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth F. Day, II, Tucson, AZ (US);
Philip M. Doatmas, Tucson, AZ (US);
John J. Wolfgang, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to optimize the transmission of data from (N) primary backup appliances interconnected to a plurality of second backup appliances by a single communication link, wherein (N) is greater than 1, by transferring a data set to one or more secondary backup appliances by two or more of the (N) primary backup appliances using the communication link, and completing those transfers of the data sets by the two or more primary backup appliances at the same time.