Marking local regions and providing a snapshot thereof for asynchronous mirroring

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PATENT NO 9146685
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13764031

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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. Subsequent to conveying the first data, a local snapshot referencing the local regions is created, and second data is conveyed from the marked local region to the remote storage system.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Goldberg, Itzhack Hadera, IL 250 2208
Keller, Michael Tel Aviv, IL 139 1020
Lechtman, Moriel Haifa, IL 8 87
Nissan-Messing, Orit Hod HaSharon, IL 56 360
Weissbrem, Eliyahu Rehovot, IL 18 118

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