System and method of information outsourcing
First Claim
1. A method for providing information storage outsourcing comprising, providing a first storage node, enabling a plurality of enterprises that are located remotely with respect to said first storage node to communicatively couple to said first storage node by way of first communication channels having sufficient performance characteristics to enable said first storage node to provide primary storage services to said plurality of enterprises;
- enabling said plurality enterprises to transfer information to and from said first storage node by way of said first communication channels, and storing information transferred from said plurality of enterprises at said first storage node.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing information outsourcing, including a storage node located remotely from an information outsourcing enterprise. The enterprise communicatively couples to the storage node to transfer information between the enterprise and the storage node in real-time to enable primary storage, static and dynamic mirroring, backup and disaster recovery of enterprise information. The system of the invention provides an enterprise user interface for enabling the enterprise to monitor its storage usage. The enterprise interface also enables the enterprise to expand or contract the storage space reserved by the enterprise at the storage node The system of the invention packages outsourcing services into service level agreements. Multiple storage nodes can be communicatively connected to enable the system to transfer information between them.
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99 Claims
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1. A method for providing information storage outsourcing comprising,
providing a first storage node, enabling a plurality of enterprises that are located remotely with respect to said first storage node to communicatively couple to said first storage node by way of first communication channels having sufficient performance characteristics to enable said first storage node to provide primary storage services to said plurality of enterprises; -
enabling said plurality enterprises to transfer information to and from said first storage node by way of said first communication channels, and storing information transferred from said plurality of enterprises at said first storage node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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45. A system for providing information storage outsourcing comprising, a first storage node adapted for enabling a plurality of enterprises that are located remotely with respect to said first storage node to communicatively couple to said first storage node by way of communication channels having sufficient bandwidth to enable said first storage node to provide primary storage services to said plurality of enterprises, and adapted for storing information transferred to and from said plurality of enterprises.
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89. A storage node adapted for providing information outsourcing services, said storage node comprising,
a communication interface adapted for communicatively coupling said storage node to a plurality of enterprises and for transferring information between said storage node and said enterprises, wherein said coupling provides sufficient performance characteristics to enable said storage node to provide primary storage services to said plurality of enterprises, a data storage system, adapted for storing logical units of information and for storing information transferred from said plurality of enterprises, a switching mechanism for directing said information transferred from said plurality of enterprises to particular ones of said logical divisions of said data storage system.
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94. A system for providing data outsourcing services comprising,
a storage node adapted for providing information storage for a plurality of enterprises, and for coupling to said enterprises by way of communication channels having sufficient performance characteristics to enable said storage node to provide primary storage services to said enterprises, and an operations center, located remotely with respect to said storage node, and adapted for communicatively coupling to said storage node and for enabling a system administrator to observe and control aspects of operation of said storage node.
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99. A system for distributing information comprising, a plurality of storage nodes geographically disbursed, wherein
said plurality of storage nodes communicatively couple in such a manner that each of said plurality of storage nodes is communicatively coupled to multiple other storage nodes of said plurality of storage nodes, and wherein said plurality of storage nodes are adapted for distributing information originating from a first subset of said plurality of storage nodes to a second subset of said plurality of storage nodes.
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