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System and method for long-term administration of archival storage

  • US 6,023,710 A
  • Filed: 12/23/1997
  • Issued: 02/08/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method directed to the long term administration of archive storage in a computer system, wherein at least portions of files are sent to archive storage in at least one session and are stored at different locations in the archive storage and wherein the system produces a index that describes the contents of each session, the method comprising the steps of:

  • searching an index for each of said at least one session to identify the locations of all portions of a particular file;

    identifying the location of the most recent version of all portions of said file; and

    copying the most recent version of all portions of said file in the proper order to a location in archive storage.

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