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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Michael Zeis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas Hartnett, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Michael Zeis, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thomas Hartnett, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Adonijah Park, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for allocating resources among backup tasks in a data backup system is described. One aspect of the invention relates to managing backup tasks in a computer network. An estimated resource utilization is established for each of the backup tasks based on a set of backup statistics. A resource reservation is allocated for each of the backup tasks based on the estimated resource utilization thereof. The resource reservation of each of the backup tasks is dynamically changed during performance thereof.