Data processing: database and file management or data structures – File or database maintenance – Database backup
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-30
2010-11-02
Robinson, Greta L (Department: 2169)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
File or database maintenance
Database backup
C707S661000, C707S713000, C707S769000, C709S203000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07827147
ABSTRACT:
System and method for managing metadata. A computer system includes one or more hosts, each host having an associated backup agent. Each backup agent conveys data from its associated host to a storage pool and stores metadata associated with the data in a metabase. In response to detecting that a first metabase meets a first condition, the system identifies a backup agent that has stored metadata in the first metabase and redistributes at least a portion of the metadata to a second metabase. In one embodiment, the first condition comprises detecting the amount of metadata stored in the first metabase reaching a threshold value. In a further embodiment, the metadata comprises entries, each of which corresponds to a data file. Each entry includes a fingerprint that is derived from and identifies the corresponding data file. The fingerprints identifying the data files may be encrypted.
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Custers Joris
D'Hoye Koen
Wispelaere Wim De
Data Center Technologies
Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel P.C.
Rankin Rory D.
Robinson Greta L
Wilcox James J
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