HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING STORAGE OPERATIONS IN A COMPUTER NETWORK

• US 20130254503A1
• Filed: 03/06/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: CommVault Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Kavuri, Srinivas, Madeira, Andre Duque
• Granted Patent: US 9,003,117 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/162
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/0866 for peripheral storage systems, e.g. disk cache
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/065 Replication mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability

Abstract

A system for performing storage operations using hierarchically configured storage operation cells. The system includes a first storage manager component and a first storage operation cell. The first storage operation cell has a second storage manager component directed to performing storage operations in the first storage operation cell. Moreover, the first storage manager component is programmed to instruct the second storage manager regarding performance of storage operations in the first storage operation cell.

Claims

1. A system for performing storage operations using storage operation cells, the system comprising:

a storage manager component executing in one or more computer processors, wherein the storage manager component is configured to monitor the status of storage operations in at least first and second storage operation cells based on information received by the storage manager component,

wherein the storage manager component stores information indicative of hierarchical associations between the first storage operation cell and the second storage operation cell, and

wherein the storage manager component is configured to analyze data copy patterns of the first and second storage operation cells to suggest alternate methods of performing data copy operations wherein the storage manager component suggests data copy operations intended for the first storage operation cell be performed on the hierarchically associated second storage operation cell.