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SHARING OF SECONDARY STORAGE DATA

  • US 20140201154A1
  • Filed: 01/10/2014
  • Published: 07/17/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of sharing a portion of a file in secondary storage, the method comprising:

  • receiving a request to share a portion of a file in a secondary storage subsystem from a client computing device residing in a primary storage subsystem, the request including at least one application offset generated in response to user selection of the portion of the file, the at least one application offset corresponding to the portion of the file and usable by a software application to access the portion of the file for presentation to a user;

    identifying, with computer hardware and using the at least one application offset, a start secondary storage offset of the file, the start secondary storage offset separate from the application offset and corresponding to a location of the portion of the file on a first storage device residing in the secondary storage subsystem;

    generating, using computer hardware, a link to the portion of the file, the link including a reference to the start secondary storage offset; and

    in response to receipt of an indication of a user selection of the link, causing a restore of the portion of the file from the first storage device for presentation to a user of the portion of the file by the software application, without restoring the entire file from the first storage device.

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