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Continuous data replication

US9235481B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 2015
Grant dateJan 12, 2016
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/815
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a first embodiment, a method and computer program product for use in a storage system comprising quiescing IO commands the sites of an ACTIVE/ACTIVE storage system, the active/active storage system having at least two storage sites communicatively coupled via a virtualization layer, creating a change set, unquiescing IO commands by the virtualization layers, transferring data of a change set to the other sites of the active/active storage system by the virtualization layer, and flushing the data by the virtualization layer.In a second embodiment, a method and computer program product for use in a storage system comprising fracturing a cluster of an active/active storage system; wherein the cluster includes at least two sites, stopping IO on a first site of the cluster; and rolling to a point in time on the first site.

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