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Extended remote copying system for reporting both active and idle conditions wherein the idle condition indicates no updates to the system for a predetermined time period

US6105078A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/3423
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A primary data mover monitors both consistency time and idle time in a system that performs continuous, asynchronous, extended remote copying between primary and remote processors, and manages both with accuracy and consistency. The primary data mover detects system activity levels and manages data accuracy for the extended remote copying in both active and idle systems.

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