Data protection with multiple site replication
AssigneeOverland Storage, Inc.
InventorsDennis Desimone, Michael H. Reider, Kenneth Geist, Victoria Gonzalez
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Abstract
Systems and methods for replicating data from a first site to a second site remote from said first site are described. An embodiment includes storing compressed data on a hard disk appliance, reading said data without decompressing said data, sending said data over a wide-area-network (WAN) in a compressed state, and storing said data on a second hard disk appliance remote from said first hard disk appliance in its compressed state without performing an additional compression operation.
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A method of managing data storage comprising:
- backing up data on a first hard disk storage appliance that is configured to emulate a tape based storage appliance according to a first user defined periodic schedule;
- replicating said data on a second hard disk storage device remote from said first hard disk storage device according to a second user defined periodic schedule.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.