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Backup system, backup controlling apparatus, backup data managing method and a computer readable recording medium recorded thereon backup controlling program

US7539708B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 21, 2005
Grant dateMay 26, 2009
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

A backup system which can diminish a danger that backup data of a storage of a computer to be backed up sustains a damage due to disaster, an accident or the like, and restore the storage easily and within a short time when the storage up is damaged or lost due to disaster, an accident or the like. The system can be configured with a small facility investment.The system comprises a plurality of backup data storages, an archiving place determining unit for selectively determining a backup data storage physically away from an area in which the storage is located as an archiving place among the plural backup data storages on the basis of the area in which the storage is located, and a backup processing unit for storing the backup data in the backup data storage determined as the archiving place by the archiving place determining unit.

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