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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2012
Applicants:

Philip N. Shilane, Yardley, PA (US);

Hyong Shim, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Kadir Ozdemir, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Philip N. Shilane, Yardley, PA (US);

Hyong Shim, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Kadir Ozdemir, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 12/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/0246 (2013.01); G06F 12/0284 (2013.01); G06F 12/0862 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for generating synthetic data to simulate backing up data between a primary storage system and a protection storage system is presented. In one embodiment, a first track in a set of tracks is selected at random. Having selected a first track, at least a first block in the first track is modified. Subsequently, it is determined, based on a track run probability, whether to modify a second track that is consecutive to the first track or a third track that is selected randomly. Depending on the determination, at least one block is modified at either the second or third track. Other embodiments are also described herein.


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