Efficient backups using dynamically shared storage pools in peer-to-peer networks
US7529785B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 28, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1453
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for efficient backups using dynamically shared storage pools in peer-to-peer networks comprises one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors. The memory stores instructions executable by the processors to implement a backup manager configured to dynamically subdivide a storage pool into one or more portions of storage currently designated for local backup data and one or more portions of storage currently designated for peer-to-peer (P2P) backup data. In response to local backup data received from a backup client, the backup manager may store the local backup data in a portion of the storage pool that is currently designated for local backup data. The backup manager may then generate a P2P version of the local backup data, e.g., by encrypting and/or redundancy encoding the local backup data, and transmit parts of the P2P version to each of one or more peer devices in the P2P network.
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