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Data management systems, articles of manufacture, and data storage methods

US7818530B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 26, 2003
Grant dateOct 19, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F11/1461
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data management systems, articles of manufacture, and data storage methods are described. According to one aspect, a data management system provides a data storage system configured to store data of a plurality of client protected computer systems, wherein the data storage system comprises a plurality of storage devices individually having a respective capacity, and a quantity of the data of the protected computer systems to be stored exceeds capacities of individual ones of the storage devices and storage control circuitry coupled with the data storage system and configured to assign individual ones of the individual storage devices to store data for respective ones of the protected computer systems.

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