METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA

• US 20090217271A1
• Filed: 02/23/2009
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Buffalo Incorporated (Melco Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: GOTO, Satoru
• Application Number:
  US12/390,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20090217271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 718/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1466 to make the backup process non-disruptive

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing data by a computer capable of selecting a storage destination of a file from a plurality of drives including a first drive and a second drive are provided. The method includes: editing a target file in the first drive in accordance with an input from a user; listing one or more tasks as unprocessed tasks to be processed on a task list, each of the one or more tasks comprising a content of an edit applied to the target file in association with a name of the target file; and creating a copy of the target file in the second drive by sequentially processing the unprocessed tasks listed on the task list independently of a flow of editing the target file.

Claims

1. A method for managing data by a computer capable of selecting a storage destination of a file from a plurality of drives including a first drive and a second drive, said method comprising:

editing a target file in the first drive in accordance with an input from a user;

listing one or more tasks as unprocessed tasks to be processed on a task list, each of the one or more tasks comprising a content of an edit applied to the target file in association with a name of the target file; and

creating a copy of the target file in the second drive by sequentially processing the unprocessed tasks listed on the task list independently of a flow of editing the target file.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising deleting the task, which has been processed, from the task list.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more tasks are listed on the task list in time series.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second drive comprises at least one of:

a USB supported storage device connectable to the computer; and

a Network Attached Storage capable of communicating with the computer via a network.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first drive comprises a high-speed access storage that allows data reading/writing operations at a first speed, and the second drive comprises a low-speed access storage that allows data reading/writing operations at a second speed slower than the first speed.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first drive is an internal drive provided in the computer and the second drive is an external drive of the computer.

7. An apparatus for managing data of files stored in a plurality of data storage drives including a first drive and a second drive, the apparatus capable of selecting a storage destination of the file from the plurality of data storage drives, said apparatus for managing data comprising:

an editing unit configured to edit a target file in the first drive in accordance with an input from a user;

a listing unit configured to list one or more tasks as an unprocessed task to be processed on a task list, each of the one or more tasks comprising a content of an edit applied to the target file in association with a name of the target file; and

a backup unit configured to create a copy of the target file in the second drive by sequentially processing the one or more tasks listed on the task list independently of a flow of editing the target file.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an input unit which enables the user of the apparatus to input data to the apparatus.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a deleting unit configured to delete the task, which has been processed by the backup unit, from the task list.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the one or more tasks are listed on the task list in time series.

11. A computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon and readable by a computer, said computer program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:

editing a target file in a first drive by the computer in accordance with an input from a user;

listing one or more tasks as unprocessed tasks to be processed on a task list, each of the one or more tasks comprising a content of an edit applied to the target file in association with a name of the target file; and

creating a copy of the target file in a second drive by sequentially processing the one or more tasks listed on the task list independently of a flow of editing the target file.