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Remote data duplexing

  • US 5,504,861 A
  • Filed: 02/22/1994
  • Issued: 04/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for shadowing record updates, the record updates transmitted asynchronously from a primary site to a secondary site, the secondary site including secondary storage devices and providing disaster recovery capabilities for the primary site, the record updates assembled in consistency groups for shadowing the record updates in real time and in a sequence consistent order, the method comprising steps of:

  • (a) determining a set of full consistency group recovery rules specific to the secondary storage devices;

    (b) optimizing a shadowing of a current consistency group of record updates to the secondary storage devices by sorting the current consistency group of record updates according to secondary storage device destinations and chaining pluralities of input/output control command words (I/O CCWs) according to the sorted record updates, the sorted record updates being written to the secondary storage devices according to the full consistency group recovery rules; and

    (c) repeating step (b) for each consistency group.

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