Unified data protection for block and file objects
US9280555B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 8, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/128
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for protecting host data using, for example, snaps, asynchronous replication, and/or synchronous replication, includes storing both block-based objects and file-based objects in a common form—as files. With both block-based objects and file-based objects represented as the same type of underlying objects, data protection of both block-based and file-based objects is accomplished using a single set of data protection technologies, which are configured to perform data protection operations on files.
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