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Method and system for no downtime, initial data upload for real-time, continuous data protection

  • US 7,519,870 B1
  • Filed: 06/08/2004
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing a data service, comprising:

  • ordering into a given data structure a set of data items associated with a given application executing in a first processing environment;

    setting a pointer at an initial position with respect to the given data structure and flagging the set of data items for a data transfer;

    monitoring events as the given application interfaces to a local data store and collecting a set of events; and

    for a given event, wherein the given event is a given type of event, processing the given event against the given data structure by the following sub-steps;

    locating a data item at a then-current position of the pointer;

    determining whether the data item is flagged for data transfer;

    if the data item is flagged for upload, retrieving given information from the given data structure;

    forwarding the given information for inclusion in an application-aware data stream;

    unflagging the data item for data transfer; and

    resetting the pointer to a next data item in the given data structure.

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