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US 2014/0229695 A1Published application
Systems and methods for backup in scale-out storage clusters
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsAbhijit Dinkar, Jacob Cherian
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Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage system may include a storage cluster comprising a plurality of network attached storage nodes, one or more backup devices communicatively coupled to the storage cluster, and a cluster-wide data server executing on the plurality of network attached storage nodes and configured to manage communication of backup data between the plurality of network attached storage nodes and the one or more backup devices.
Claims21
A storage system comprising:
- a storage cluster comprising a plurality of network attached storage nodes;
- one or more backup devices communicatively coupled to the storage cluster;
- and
- a cluster-wide data server executing on the plurality of network attached storage nodes and configured to manage communication of backup data between the plurality of network attached storage nodes and the one or more backup devices.
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A method comprising:
- instantiating a cluster-wide data server to execute on a plurality of network attached storage nodes defining a storage cluster;
- and
- managing communication of backup data between the plurality of network attached storage nodes and one or more backup devices communicatively coupled to the storage cluster.
An article of manufacture comprising:
- a computer readable medium;
- and
- computer-executable instructions carried on the computer readable medium, the instructions readable by one or more processors, the instructions, when read and executed, for causing the one or more processors to:
- instantiate a cluster-wide data server to execute on a plurality of network attached storage nodes defining a storage cluster;
- and
- manage communication of backup data between the plurality of network attached storage nodes and one or more backup devices communicatively coupled to the storage cluster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.