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Scalable common access back-up architecture

  • US 20060089954A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2005
  • Published: 04/27/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for providing shared file back-ups in a repository, the method comprising:

  • receiving metadata of a file to be backed-up from a client;

    accessing a global directory of back-up files including back-up file metadata and back-up file pointers corresponding to each of the back-up files in the repository;

    determining if the metadata matches one of the back-up file metadatas; and

    if the metadata matches one of the back-up file metadatas, then adding the back-up file pointer corresponding to the matching back-up file metadata to a client directory of client back-up files in the repository.

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