Patent · US Expired

Method and system of providing replication

US7308545B1 · kind B1 · utility

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29Claims

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Assignee

Symantec Operating Corporation · US

Inventors

Anand A. Kekre · Pune, IN
Ronald Karr · Palo Alto, US
John Colgrove · Los Altos, US
Kedar M. Karmarkar · Sunnyvale, US
Raghu Krishnamurthy · Santa Clara, US
Saurabh Godbole · Pune, IN
Ming Xu · Nanjing, CN
Vikas Gupta · Jaipur, IN
Deepak Tawri · Pune, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2003
Grant date	Dec 11, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99955
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system of providing periodic replication is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises creating a storage object corresponding to a storage volume, wherein the storage object comprises a point-in-time copy of the storage volume and a storage volume map; and replicating the storage volume using the storage object.

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