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Asynchronous replication of data

  • US 20070055712A1
  • Filed: 09/08/2005
  • Published: 03/08/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for asynchronously copying data to a secondary data storage site, comprising:

  • receiving a plurality of data transactions from one or more host devices;

    logging the times at which receipt of each transaction was started and completed;

    identifying a first transaction having the earliest start time of all received transactions;

    creating a first group comprising the first transaction and all other transactions having a start time which is earlier than the completion time of the first transaction; and

    asynchronously transferring the transactions in the first group to a storage device.

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