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SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY SHADOWING DATA AND FILE DIRECTORY STRUCTURES FOR A PLURALITY OF NETWORK-CONNECTED COMPUTERS USING A NETWORK-ATTACHED MEMORY

  • US 20080104107A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 05/01/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A data shadowing system for the automatic backup storage of data that is written in the memories of a plurality of monitored computer systems and the selective retrieval of this data for restoration to said memories, comprising:

  • memory module means, connected to a plurality of monitored computer systems via a communication medium, for storing a shadow copy of the data which is written in the memories of the plurality of monitored computer systems; and

    customer data file management means, resident in each of said plurality of monitored computer systems, comprising;

    customer data file mapping means for mapping file directory structures associated with the customer data written in the memory of the monitored computer system into file tree information which identifies original names of customer data files as stored on said monitored computer system, and a location in said memory module means which stores said customer data;

    customer data file hash means for processing each of said customer data files to generate an associated hash value of each of said customer data files; and

    wherein said memory module means comprises;

    customer data file storage means for storing each of said customer data files and said associated hash value, received from each of said plurality of monitored computer systems via said communication medium, in said memory module means.

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