Data processing: database and file management or data structures – File or database maintenance – Database backup
Reexamination Certificate
2003-12-15
2010-06-08
Le, Miranda (Department: 2159)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
File or database maintenance
Database backup
C707S650000, C707S653000, C707S999204
Reexamination Certificate
active
07734594
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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