Systems and methods for continuous data protection with near zero recovery point

A system comprising:

• at least one processor for executing machine-readable instructions;
• and
• a memory storing instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a backup site, I/O data intercepted from an I/O stream between a virtual machine (VM) and a virtualization server;
• flushing the I/O data to a first log file, the first log file being included in a first plurality of log files, each log file in the first plurality of log files, other than a second log file included in the first plurality of log files, including the/O data intercepted from the I/O stream between the VM and the virtualization server, the second log file, of the first plurality of log files, further including a base snapshot of the VM to form a recoverable snapshot-log chain;
• and
• pushing data to a replication target based on the recoverable snapshot-log chain.

A non-transitory, machine-readable medium storing instructions which, when read by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations in a method for continuous data protection for a virtual machine (VM) having a virtual disk, the operations comprising:

• receiving, at a backup site, I/O data intercepted from an I/O stream between a virtual machine (VM) and a virtualization server;
• flushing the I/O data to a first log file, the first log file being included in a first plurality of log files, each log file in the first plurality of log files, other than a second log file included in the first plurality of log files, including the I/O data intercepted from the I/O stream between the VM and the virtualization server, the second log file, of the first plurality of log files, further including a base snapshot of the VM to form a recoverable snapshot-log chain;
• and
• pushing data to a replication target based on the recoverable snapshot-log chain.