Specialized data management for performing incremental backups to a cloud-based object storage

US12032445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EMC IP Holding Company LLC · US

Inventors

• Sunil Yadav · Sherpur, IN
• Shelesh Chopra · Kanchinakote, IN
• Ravi Vijayakumar Chitloor · Kanchinakote, IN
• Tushar Dethe · Bengaluru, IN
• Amarendra Behera · Bengaluru, IN
• Deependra Singh · Kanpur, IN
• Jigar Bhanushali · Valsad, IN
• Himanshu Arora · Champaign, US
• Prabhat Kumar Dubey · Gubbi, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2020
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2024
• Expiry date: May 8, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2201/80
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Described is a system (and method) for specialized data management when performing incremental backups to a cloud-based object storage. When backing up client data, the server may utilize incremental backups to conserve the amount of storage space required on the object storage. However, the server may implement a configuration that enables full reconstruction of the client data at the time of recovery. To provide such capabilities, the server may leverage a specialized metadata database. The metadata database may be an embedded database maintained by the server. The server may leverage the metadata database to provide further storage efficiencies by storing certain incremental backup data exclusively within the metadata database. Accordingly, the server may implement a data management configuration as part of a backup service that conserves storage usage, and as a result, storage costs when using on a third-party cloud-based object storage.