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Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 03, 2006
Applicants:

David Meiri, Cambridge, MA (US);

Magnus Bjornsson, West Newton, MA (US);

Inventors:

David Meiri, Cambridge, MA (US);

Magnus Bjornsson, West Newton, MA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Continuous backup from a local storage device to a remote storage device includes subdividing the local storage device into subsections, providing a time indicator that is modified periodically, and, in response to a request to write new data to a particular subsection of the local storage device at a particular time, maintaining at the remote storage device data being overwritten by the new data according to the particular subsection and according to a value of the indicator at the particular time. Providing continuous backup from a local storage device to a remote storage device may also include restoring the local storage device to a state thereof at a particular point in time by writing the maintained data to the remote storage device and transferring the data from the remote storage device to the local storage device.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Meiri, David. (2014). Continuous backup of a storage device (U.S. Patent No. 8677087). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8677087

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