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Creating a snapshot based on a marker transferred from a first storage system to a second storage system

US7953947B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 25, 2010
Grant dateMay 31, 2011
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/84
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A storage system and snapshot method wherein after a first processor transfers data stored in a first data area to a second storage system, the first processor transfers a first marker stored in a first marker area to a second storage system so that the first marker is stored in a second marker area of a second volume, wherein a second processor checks whether the first marker stored in the second storage area of the second volume corresponds to a second marker designated, and wherein, if the first marker stored in the second storage are of the second volume is a second marker designated, the second processor creates a snapshot of the data that is stored in the second data area, in a third storage volume.

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