Unified recovery

• US 9,195,549 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2010
• Issued: 11/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Dutch, Michael John, Claudatos, Christopher Hercules, Rao, Mandavilli Navneeth
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEEMA, AZAM M
• Application Number:
  US12/895,838
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1453 using de-duplication of the data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1471 involving logging of persistent data for recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1748 De-duplication implemented within the file system, e.g. based on file segments de-duplication techniques in storage systems for the management of data blocks G06F3/0641

Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for restoring data. In some embodiments, this includes receiving a request for an object to be recovered, searching external data source systems for the object, identifying an external data source system based on the search, and processing the request for an object to be recovered based on the identified external data source system. In some embodiments, identifying an external data source system includes identifying multiple external data source systems. In some embodiments, processing the request for an object to be recovered includes receiving the object from the multiple external data source systems.

Claims

1. A method for restoring data, comprising:

receiving, at a first data source, a request for a first object to be recovered;

performing a first search for the first object in a plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of contents of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the external data source systems are external to the first data source that received the request for the first object to be recovered;

in the event that the representation of the first object is not found in the first search in the plurality of external data source systems, performing a second search for each of a plurality of parts of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object in a plurality of parts of a second object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the first object is different from the second object;

identifying, based at least in part on the first and second search, one or more external data source systems, each of which includes at least one of the plurality of parts of the first object, wherein a given part of the first object may be stored in more than one external data source systems; and

processing the request for the first object to be recovered from the identified one or more external data source systems based at least in part on a set of prioritization factors that includes at least one of geographical distance, data formats, transfer protocols, bandwidth, performance statistics, policy settings, and resource constraints.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein identifying an external data source system includes identifying multiple external data source systems.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein processing the request for a first object to be recovered includes receiving the first object from the multiple external data source systems.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, wherein receiving the first object from the multiple external data source systems includes receiving parts of the first object from the multiple data source systems.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein different parts of the first object are received from different data source systems.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein searching for a representation of contents of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the contents of the first object.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the second object includes a plurality of objects.

9. A system for restoring data, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

receive, at a first data source, a request for a first object to be recovered;

perform a first search for the first object in a plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of contents of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the external data source systems are external to the first data source that received the request for the first object to be recovered;

in the event that the representation of the first object is not found in the first search in the plurality of external data source systems, perform a second search for each of a plurality of parts of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object in a plurality of parts of a second object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the first object is different from the second object;

identify, based at least in part on the first and second search, one or more external data source systems, each of which includes at least one of the plurality of parts of the first object, wherein a given part of the first object may be stored in more than one external data source systems; and

process the request for the first object to be recovered from the identified one or more external data source systems based at least in part on a set of prioritization factors that includes at least one of geographical distance, data formats, transfer protocols, bandwidth, performance statistics, policy settings, and resource constraints; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein identify an external data source system includes identify multiple external data source systems.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein process the request for a first object to be recovered includes receive the first object from the multiple external data source systems.

12. The system as recited in claim 11, wherein receive the first object from the multiple external data source systems includes receive parts of the first object from the multiple data source systems.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein different parts of the first object are received from different data source systems.

14. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein searching for a representation of contents of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the contents of the first object.

15. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object.

16. A computer program product for restoring data, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

receiving, at a first data source, a request for a first object to be recovered;

performing a first search for the first object in a plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of contents of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the external data source systems are external to the first data source that received the request for the first object to be recovered;

in the event that the representation of the first object is not found in the first search in the plurality of external data source systems, performing a second search for each of a plurality of parts of the first object in the plurality of external data source systems including by searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object in a plurality of parts of a second object in the plurality of external data source systems, wherein the first object is different from the second object;

identifying, based at least in part on the first and second search, one or more external data source systems, each of which includes at least one of the plurality of parts of the first object, wherein a given part of the first object may be stored in more than one external data source systems; and

processing the request for the first object to be recovered from the identified one or more external data source systems based at least in part on a set of prioritization factors that includes at least one of geographical distance, data formats, transfer protocols, bandwidth, performance statistics, policy settings, and resource constraints.

17. The computer program product as recited in claim 16, wherein identifying an external data source system includes identifying multiple external data source systems.

18. The computer program product as recited in claim 17, wherein processing the request for a first object to be recovered includes receiving the first object from the multiple external data source systems.

19. The computer program product as recited in claim 18, wherein receiving the first object from the multiple external data source systems includes receiving parts of the first object from the multiple data source systems.

20. The computer program product as recited in claim 19, wherein different parts of the first object are received from different data source systems.

21. The computer program product as recited in claim 16, wherein searching for a representation of contents of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the contents of the first object.

22. The computer program product as recited in claim 16, wherein searching for a representation of respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object comprises searching for a hash of the respective contents of each of at least some of the plurality of parts of the first object.