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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Arun Prasad Amarendran, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Vijayan Retnamma, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Anand Prahlad, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Parag Gokhale, Ocean, NJ (US);
Jun LU, Ocean, NJ (US);
Arun Prasad Amarendran, Bangalore, IN;
Manoj Kumar Vijayan Retnamma, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Anand Prahlad, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Parag Gokhale, Ocean, NJ (US);
Jun Lu, Ocean, NJ (US);
CommVault Systems, Inc., Oceanport, NJ (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for protecting data in a tiered storage system are provided. The storage system comprises a management server, a media management component connected to the management server, a plurality of storage media connected to the media management component, and a data source connected to the media management component. Source data is copied from a source to a buffer to produce intermediate data. The intermediate data is copied to both a first and second medium to produce a primary and auxiliary copy, respectively. An auxiliary copy may be made from another auxiliary copy. An auxiliary copy may also be made from a primary copy right before the primary copy is pruned.