One-to-many disk imaging transfer over a network

Details One-to-many disk imaging transfer over a network One-to-many disk imaging transfer over a network

1998-10-02

2000-08-22

Vu, Viet D.

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput

Remote data accessing

Using interconnected networks

709231, 709329, 713 2, G06F 1300

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061086975

ABSTRACT:
Methods, systems, articles of manufacture, and signal formats are provided for transferring disk images from a transmitting computer to one or more downloading computers. The transfer is done in a manner that allows a technician to start the download to one computer while preparing a second computer for downloading or shutting down a third computer after it has finished downloading the disk image. The computers need not wait for the beginning of a data stream but can instead join the download at specified points within the data stream. This reduces the time spent waiting to begin the download, particularly when the disk image being transferred is large. Compression and connection selection may be performed in response to changes in network performance. Image file packing and error management techniques may also be used, as well as on-the-fly file system instance manipulations.

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