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Method and device for storing computer data with back-up operations

  • US 6,745,304 B2
  • Filed: 01/29/2002
  • Issued: 06/01/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of storing data processed during the operation of a data processing system, said data being stored in the form of files in a main storage means of said system and backed up by copying said data to an auxiliary storage means, said method comprising, at transfer initiation times periodically recurring over a long period, transferring files, stored in said main storage means when operating from a primary storage area thereof in which the files are initially stored in said main storage means, to a secondary storage area of said main storage means if the files were not created and/or modified during an immediately preceding said long period, in order to separate recently created or modified files from other files, to enable differentiated back-up operations.

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