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Hybrid distributed and cloud backup architecture

  • US 8,935,366 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2009
  • Issued: 01/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system that allocates backup data in a hybrid backup environment, the system comprising:

  • a set of storage locations in the hybrid backup environment, the hybrid backup environment including both a cloud backup environment and a peer-to-peer backup environment;

    the set of storage locations including a cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment and one or more peer-to-peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment;

    wherein the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment is remote from the one or more peer-to-peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment; and

    a super peer component, having direct interaction with both the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment and the one or more peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment, such that the one or more peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment constitute one or more peers and the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment is accessible to the one or more peers via a network, the super peer component including;

    a distribution component that allocates backup data among the set of storage locations in the hybrid backup environment peer devices in accordance with a priority assigned to each peer in of the peer-to-peer backup environment, wherein the distribution component allocates larger portions of backup data to peers assigned higher priorities; and

    a cloud backup component that transfers backup data from each peer of the peer-to-peer backup environment devices to the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment.

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