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US 2012/0233172 A1Published application
System to catalog and search point-in-time instances of a file system
AssigneeAptare, Inc.
InventorsStephen Robert Skillcorn, Robert Quentin Cordell, II, Richard John Clark
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Abstract
A system to catalog and search point-in-tine instances of a file system is disclosed. A catalog engine takes backups of file data generated by a storage system and catalogs the backups of file data into a searchable catalog of independent metadata records. The metadata is represented by baseline structure and delta files.
Claims23
A computer implemented method to store a catalog including directory metadata for a plurality of backups of file items at numerous points in time, the method comprising:
- storing the catalog on at least one tangible computer readable medium, wherein the catalog of directory metadata is tangibly embodied in the at least one tangible computer readable medium organized in records.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a catalog engine to catalog backups of file data generated by a storage system, the catalog engine cataloging backups of file data into a searchable catalog of independent metadata records in which cataloging of backups of a file is represented by a baseline structure and delta files.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.