Flexible remote data mirroring

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9270752
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14504371

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Methods, systems, and configured storage media are provided for flexible data mirroring. In particular, the invention provides many-to-one data mirroring, including mirroring from local servers running the same or different operating systems and/or file systems at two or more geographically dispersed locations. The invention also provides one-to-many data mirroring, mirroring with or without a dedicated private telecommunications link, and mirroring with or without a dedicated server or another server at the destination(s) to assist the remote mirroring unit(s). In addition, the invention provides flexibility by permitting the use of various combinations of one or more external storage units and/or RAID units to hold mirrored data. Spoofing, SCSI and other bus emulations, and further tools and techniques are used in various embodiments of the invention.

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  • INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Camp, Tracy Sherwood, US 7 540
Card, Stuart W Newport, US 7 500
Church, Robert Portland, US 8 327
McCabe, Ron Salt Lake City, US 8 597
Schroeder, David J Whitesboro, US 20 762

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