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Forecast recommended backup destination

US10671492B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Joerg Mueller · Mountain View, US
Stefan Alexander · Waterloo, CA
Alexander Neef · Reutlingen, DE
Jan Vorbohle · Renningen, DE
Michael H. Schlachter · Metzingen, DE
Klaus Rindtorff · Holzgerlingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2017
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2201/80
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for improving integrity and availability of data in a data center is provided. The data center is part of a network of data centers. The data centers in the network are adapted to act as a backup service provider. The method comprises registering backup service profile data of each of the data centers with viable data. The method also comprises accessing a forecast of monitorable events for a region, analyzing the forecast to predict a potential threat, identifying a data center in the regions, and determine a data center within the network of data centers as backup service provider. If more than one suitable backup service providers is identified, determine a best match backup service provider, establishing a backup communication connection, and transferring data from the source data center to the target data center.

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