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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9063894
APP PUB NO 20120260053A1
SERIAL NO

13529691

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A method comprises receiving one or more instructions initiating a plurality of backup processes from a single source storage volume to a plurality of target storage volumes, adding each target storage volume to a cascade of target storage volumes from the source storage volume, the target storage volumes added to the cascade in an order inversely proportional to the copy rate of the respective backup process, and starting each backup process in turn, the backup processes started in an order from the most recent target storage volume added to cascade to the first target storage volume added to cascade.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Agombar, John P Winchester, GB 56 599
Beeken, Christopher B Winchester, GB 26 365
Carr, David J Winchester, GB 13 941

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