Backup system having preinstalled backup data
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1. A method comprising:
- performing a backup of a first remote device to a backup system, said backup system comprising a set of potential backup data, said backup comprising;
connecting to said remote device;
determining that a first block of data from said remote device is equal to a second block of data from said set of potential backup data; and
storing a pointer to said second block of data in a first backup database.
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Abstract
A backup system has a set of temporary backup data stored on a data storage system. When performing a backup operation for a device over a network, a block of data on the device may be compared to blocks of the temporary backup data. If the block of data already exists on the backup system in the temporary backup data, the block of data is not transferred over the network. Comparisons between blocks of data may be performed by calculating and comparing a hash value for the blocks.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
performing a backup of a first remote device to a backup system, said backup system comprising a set of potential backup data, said backup comprising; connecting to said remote device; determining that a first block of data from said remote device is equal to a second block of data from said set of potential backup data; and storing a pointer to said second block of data in a first backup database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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determining a set of potential backup data; loading at least a portion of said set of potential backup data on a backup system; installing a backup application on said backup system, said backup application adapted to perform a backup of a first remote device, said backup comprising; determining that a first block of data from said remote device is equal to a second block of data from said set of potential backup data; and storing a pointer to said second block of data in a first backup database. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a network connection; a data storage device; a set of potential backup data stored on said data storage device; and a backup system adapted to; connect to a remote device; determining that a first block of data from said remote device is equal to a second block of data from said set of potential backup data; and storing a pointer to said second block of data in a first backup database. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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