System and method for transparent data replication over migrating virtual servers

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7925749
SERIAL NO

11739239

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A system and method for transparent data replication of one or more data containers over migrating virtual servers (vfilers) operating on physical storage systems is provided. A mirroring (or other replication) procedure associated with a vfiler generates an entry in a mirror table maintained by one or more appropriate mirroring applications executing on the physical storage systems. The mirror table identifies source and destination “owners” of a replicated data container by vfiler instead of only by physical storage system. Thus, when a vfiler is migrated from a source physical storage system (“source”) to a destination physical storage system (“destination”), the mirroring application may continue to perform mirroring operations on the data containers at a per vfiler level to thereby improve the utility of migration of the vfiler among the storage systems.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

  • NETAPP, INC.;NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC.

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dronamraju, Ravikanth Sunnyvale, US 30 295
Federwisch, Michael L Sunnyvale, US 18 1295
Lin, Dong Sunnyvale, US 72 375
Muhlstein, Mark Sunnyvale, US 1 14

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation