Systems and methods of information backup
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1. A serverless backup system for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, comprising:
- a backup storage system for backing up information;
a storage system for storing information to be backed up and restored, wherein information being backed up is transferred directly from the storage system to the backup storage system without going through a server and information being restored is transferred directly from the backup storage system to the storage system without going through the server.
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Abstract
A serverless backup system for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, includes a backup storage system for backing up information and a storage system for storing information to be backed up and restored, wherein information being backed up is transferred directly from the storage system to the backup storage system without going through a server and information being restored is transferred directly from the backup storage system to the storage system without going through the server.
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1. A serverless backup system for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, comprising:
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a backup storage system for backing up information;
a storage system for storing information to be backed up and restored, wherein information being backed up is transferred directly from the storage system to the backup storage system without going through a server and information being restored is transferred directly from the backup storage system to the storage system without going through the server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A serverless backup method for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, comprising:
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providing a backup storage system for backing up information;
providing a storage system for storing information to be backed up and restored;
backing up information by transferring information directly from the storage system to the backup storage system without going through a server; and
restoring information by transferring information directly from the backup storage system to the storage system without going through the server. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer readable medium including code for performing a serverless backup method for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, comprising:
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code for backing up information by transferring information directly from a storage system to a backup storage system without going through a server; and
code for restoring information by transferring information directly from the backup storage system to the storage system without going through the server. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A serverless backup method comprising:
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opening a file system root directory;
parsing the file system root directory for allocation tables of each file and finding attributes of each file;
examining the attributes of each file and determining whether a file is resident or non resident;
backing up entire attributes of a file if it is determined that the file is resident; and
backing up attributes and data blocks belonging to the file if it is determined that the file is non resident.
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