Virtual recovery server
First Claim
1. A system for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
- a. a first server;
b. a second server coupled to the first server wherein the second server comprises a memory device and stores first server data received from the first server on the memory device; and
c. a virtual server activated by the second server when the first server fails, wherein the virtual server performs functions of the first server and further wherein the second server continues to back up data after the first server fails while running the virtual server.
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Abstract
A virtual recovery server is described herein. The virtual recovery server is a software implementation on a storage server which generates a virtual server to replace a physical server when the physical server becomes inaccessible. While the physical server is inaccessible, the virtual recovery server is able to mimic the actions and data contained on the physical server. Thus, when users attempt to access an application or data that is on the physical server, they will not experience an interruption and will continue to access the information as if the physical server were up and running. The virtual recovery server is able to run for up to a number of days. When a new or repaired physical server is available the virtual recovery server is deleted after the data acquired by the virtual server is transmitted to the new physical server.
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47 Claims
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1. A system for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. a first server; b. a second server coupled to the first server wherein the second server comprises a memory device and stores first server data received from the first server on the memory device; and c. a virtual server activated by the second server when the first server fails, wherein the virtual server performs functions of the first server and further wherein the second server continues to back up data after the first server fails while running the virtual server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 47)
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10. A system for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. a set of first servers; b. a second server coupled to the set of first servers wherein the second server comprises a memory device and stores first servers data received from the set of first servers on the memory device; and c. a virtual server activated for each failed server in the set of first servers, wherein the virtual server is activated by the second server and further wherein the virtual server performs application functions of each failed server, and further wherein the second server continues to back up data received from the first servers that did not fail after the failure of each failed server while running the virtual server. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. backing up first server data from a first server to a second server; b. activating a virtual server when the first server fails, wherein data is continuously backed up after the first server fails while the virtual server is running; and c. serving the first server data utilizing the virtual server until the first server is replaced. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A network of devices for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. a set of first servers; b. a second server coupled to the set of first servers, wherein the second server comprises a first memory device and stores first servers data received from the set of first servers on the first memory device and generates a virtual server for each failed server in the set of first servers and further wherein the virtual server performs application functions of each failed server, wherein the second server continues to back up data received from the first servers that did not fail after the failure of each failed server while running the virtual server; c. a regional data center coupled to the second server, wherein the regional data center comprises a second memory device for backing up the first servers data regionally on the second memory device; and d. a remote data center coupled to the regional data center, wherein the remote data center comprises a third memory device for backing up the first servers data remotely on the third memory device. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An apparatus for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. a storage component; b. a data backup application stored on the storage component for backing up server data received from a server; and c. a virtual machine application stored on the storage component for generating a virtual server when the server fails, wherein the data backup application continues to back up data after the server fails while the virtual server runs. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 46)
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45. A system for providing network stability and data reliability, comprising:
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a. a first server; b. a second server coupled to the first server wherein the second server comprises a memory device and stores first server data received from the first server on the memory device; and c. a virtual server, wherein the virtual server performs functions of the first server and further wherein the second server continues to back up data while running the virtual server; wherein the second server is configured to activate the virtual server near failure of the first server.
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