Systems and methods for facilitating storage operations using network attached storage devices

• US 8,073,969 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2010
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Littlefield, Duncan, Chen, Ho-chi, Kottomtharayil, Rajiv
• Primary Examiner(s): Lin, Wen-Tai
• Application Number:
  US12/777,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20100223373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/239
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/20 using active fault-masking, e.g. by switching out faulty elements or by switching in spare elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/168 Details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems, e.g. browsing and visualisation, 2d or 3d GUIs query results presentation G06F16/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1827 Management specifically adapted to NAS management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2308 Concurrency control transaction processing G06F9/466
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/80 Database-specific techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

A system and method for communicating, browsing, verifying and routing data in storage operation systems using network attached storage devices is provided. In some embodiments, the system may include a management module and a media management component connected to the management server, which interoperate with network attached storage devices to provide the communicating, browsing, verifying and routing functions.

Claims

1. A system for protecting data, the system comprising:

a management server;

a plurality of media management components connected to the management server;

a plurality of storage media connected to at least one of the media management components;

a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device connected to at least one media management component;

a file server connected to the Network Attached Storage device and to the at least one media management component; and

a NAS module implemented on the at least one media management component, wherein the NAS module provides components for verifying, routing, browsing and generating metadata with the Network Attached Storage device.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the Network Attached Storage device operates using the NDMP protocol.