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Marking local regions and providing a snapshot thereof for asynchronous mirroring

US9727626B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 2015
Grant dateAug 8, 2017
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2035

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

Abstract

Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include conveying first data from local regions of a local volume of a local storage system to a remote storage system having a remote volume with remote regions in a one-to-one correspondence with the local regions. While conveying the first data, a request is received to update a given local region, and the given local region is marked.

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