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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 18, 2010
Applicants:

Jeffrey R. Hamilton, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Melba I. Lopez, Raleigh, NC (US);

Ross L. Mickens, Cary, NC (US);

Markesha F. Parker, Durham, NC (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey R. Hamilton, Pittsboro, NC (US);

Melba I. Lopez, Raleigh, NC (US);

Ross L. Mickens, Cary, NC (US);

Markesha F. Parker, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2094 (2013.01); G06F 11/1662 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for backup memory administration are provided. Embodiments include storing in an active memory device, by a memory backup controller, blocks of computer data received from random access memory; recording in a change log, by the memory backup controller, identifications of each block of computer data that is stored in the active memory device; detecting, by the memory backup controller, a backup trigger event; and responsive to the detecting of the backup trigger event: copying, by the memory backup controller, from the active memory device, to a backup memory device, the blocks of data identified in the change log; and clearing, by the memory backup controller, the change log.


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