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Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:

Robert Myhill, Boston, MA (US);

Jeffry C. Flowers, Marblehead, MA (US);

Inventors:

Robert Myhill, Boston, MA (US);

Jeffry C. Flowers, Marblehead, MA (US);

Assignee:

Carbonite, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of creating a backup copy of a plurality of files is provided. A block of memory having a predetermined memory size is allocated at a first device. A first header including an identifier of a file of the plurality of files received from a second device is defined. The first header is written to the allocated block of memory. A second header including the identifier of the file is defined. The second header and the file are written to the allocated block of memory. The process of defining the second header and writing the second header and the file to the allocated block of memory is repeated for each file of the plurality of files. The allocated block of memory is copied to a third device after processing each of the plurality of files.


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