System and parallel streaming and data stripping to back-up a network
January 25, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesData transmission system Local area network data transfer system Telephone system for connecting a customer to a supplier of goods Method for producing a workpiece from a corrosion- and oxidation-resistant Ni/Al/Si/B alloy Backup computer program for networks Computer memory management method utilizing segmentation and protection techniques Parallel I/O network file server architecture Storage/retrieval system for document Method and apparatus for providing backup process control Archival document image processing and printing system InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 591120 filed on 01/25/1996US Classes:714/1, Reliability and availability711/162BackupExaminersPrimary: Beausoliel, Robert W. Jr.Assistant: Decady, Albert Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 011/34AbstractA method and system for parallel back-up of a plurality of client computers on a network, in particular, a local area network or wide area network. Each client computer has a local storage device that stores files. A number of back-up storage devices are organized into groups, with each back-up storage devices being a member of one group. A server computer is coupled to the plurality of back-up storage devices by a bus and is also coupled to the network. The server computer for executing a back-up job. The server computer accepts parameters for the back-up job, the parameters including a source parameter specifying a set of the client computers and a destination parameter specifying a group. The server computer receives files from each one of the set of client computers specified in the source parameter in parallel. Each received file is stored on one of the back-up storage devices being a member of the group specified in the destination parameter. When that back-up storage device is full or can not receive files, the file back-up process cascades to the next storage device in the group. Files can be transferred to storage devices in different groups in parallel.Other References
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