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Multi-streaming backup operations for mailboxes

US11074138B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 28, 2018
Grant dateJul 27, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1453
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for performing backup operations and other secondary copy operations for mail servers, such as Exchange servers, are described. In some cases, the systems and methods perform multi-streaming backup and other copy operations using a single mailbox agent, which launches backup streams via a coordinator that determines when to launch streams, at what mailboxes (or folders) to launch the streams, and so on. The coordinator communicates with controllers at different machines (e.g., servers) to be backed up, and may assign streams, mailboxes, and so on, to the different controllers, which perform the backup operations for their assigned mailboxes and/or clients.

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