Balanced distributed backup scheduling

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9244777
APP PUB NO 20140250283A1
SERIAL NO

13782878

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A method for scheduling a backup of digital data includes determining whether a backup has previously been performed within a predetermined period. It is then determined whether a connection to a backup server is available. It is then decided whether to initiate a backup of digital data within a present time slot based at least in part on a randomly generated value when it is determined that a backup has not previously been performed within the predetermined period and it is determined that a connection to the backup server is available. The digital data is backed up to the backup server when it is decided that the data backup is to be initiated.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boullery, Didier Cedex, FR 9 69
Schoergendorfer, Angela Yorktown Heights, US 3 43
Van, De Ven Peter M Yorktown Heights, US 2 34
Zhang, Bo Yorktown Heights, US 900 6311

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