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US 7,096,382 B2Granted
System and a method for asynchronous replication for storage area networks
AssigneeTopio LLC.
InventorYoram Novick
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Abstract
A data backup and recovery system for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, including at least one data recovery device, at least one associated data recovery storage device, controlled by the data recovery device, and at least one data communication monitor. A method for data backup and recovery is also disclosed.
Claims136
A data backup and recovery system for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, said data backup and recovery system comprising:
- at least one data recovery device;
- at least one data recovery storage device comprising a permanent storage component associated with and controlled by said at least one data recovery device;
- and
- at least one data communication monitor for providing to said at least one data recovery device at least control information bearing an order stamp including an order mark and a time mark regarding data communications between corresponding ones of said at least one server and said at least one storage device,
- said at least one data recovery device being responsive to at least said control information bearing an order stamp for storing data on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in a manner which enables reconstruction of a complete sequence of data communications for each of said at least one data communication monitor and enables reconstruction of a representation of said data communications at a given earlier time but does not require that the data be sent to said at least one data recovery device in a given order and stored on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in a given order before re-ordering the data.
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A data backup and recovery system for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, said data backup and recovery system comprising:
- at least one data recovery device;
- at least one data recovery storage device comprising a permanent storage component associated with and controlled by said at least one data recovery device;
- and
- data communication monitors for providing to said at least one data recovery device at least control information bearing an order stamp including an order mark and a time mark regarding data communications between corresponding ones of said at least one server and said at least one storage device,
- said at least one data recovery device being operative to receive said at least control information and to store data on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in parallel and not requiring that the data be received by said at least one data recovery device in a given order before re-ordering the data.
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A method for data backup and recovery for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, the method comprising:
- providing at least one data recovery device;
- providing at least one data recovery storage device comprising a permanent storage component associated with and controlled by said at least one data recovery device;
- and
- providing at least one data communication monitor operative to perform:
- monitoring the data communication between said at least one server and said at least one storage device;
- creating at least control information bearing an order stamp including an order mark and a time mark regarding said data communications between corresponding ones of said at least one server and said at least one storage device;
- and
- sending said monitored data communications and said control information to said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery device,
- said at least one data recovery device responding to said at least said control information in a manner which enables reconstruction of a complete sequence of data communications for each of said at least one data communication monitor and enables reconstruction of a representation of said data communications at a given earlier time but not requiring that said sending said monitored data communications and said control information to said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery device be in a given order and stored on said at least one data recovery storage device in a given order before re-ordering the data.
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A method for data backup and recovery for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, said method comprising:
- providing at least one data recovery device;
- providing at least one data recovery storage device comprising a permanent storage component associated with and controlled by said at least one data recovery device;
- providing at least one data communication monitor operative to perform:
- monitoring the data communication between said at least one server and said at least one storage device;
- creating at least control information bearing an order stamp including an order mark and a time mark regarding said data communications between corresponding ones of said at least one server and said at least one storage device;
- and
- sending said monitored data communications and said control information to said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery device, receiving said at least control information by said at least one data recovery device;
- and
- storing said data on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in parallel and without requiring that the data be received by permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in a given order before re-ordering the data.
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