US Patent Application 18339090. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION simplified abstract

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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION

Organization Name

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.


Inventor(s)

Assaf Natanzon of Hod Hasharon (IL)


METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION - A simplified explanation of the abstract

  • This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18339090 Titled 'METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS DATA PROTECTION'

Simplified Explanation

This abstract describes a method of continuous data protection (CDP) that involves sending data from a computing system to a primary volume and a CDP appliance. The method also includes recording metadata operations made to files in a file system and sending this log to the CDP appliance. The CDP appliance then records the data in a journal and a secondary volume, and also records the metadata operations in a continuous catalog.


Original Abstract Submitted

A method of continuous data protection (CDP) is provided. The method includes sending, by a splitter, block I/O write data from a computing system to a primary volume and to a CDP appliance. The method further includes, recording, by a file system tracker communicatively coupled with the splitter, a log of meta data operations made to files in a file system of the primary volume and sending the log to the CDP appliance. The method further includes, recording, by the CDP appliance, the block I/O write data in a journal and a secondary volume, and recording the log of meta data operations made to files in the file system of the primary volume in a continuous catalog.