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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Shlomo Ahal, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assaf Natanzon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Inventors:
Shlomo Ahal, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Assaf Natanzon, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Assignee:
EMC (Benelux) B.V., S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus to compress journal data in a continuous data protection system. An exemplary embodiment includes storing journal data including a do data stream and an undo data stream in a continuous data protection system, compressing data prior to entry in the do data stream, storing compression information in a do metadata stream for the do data stream entry, accessing the data for the entry in the do data stream, examining the do metadata stream for the entry, and decompressing the do data stream entry and writing the decompressed data to storage.