US Patent:
20020091710, Jul 11, 2002
Inventors:
SCOTT DUNHAM - BILLERICA MA, US
RULIAN FISKE - WAYLAND MA, US
HAL HANSEN - TEWKSBURY MA, US
SANJAY JAIN - SHREWSBURY MA, US
MADHAY MUTALIK - SOUTHBORO MA, US
EDGAR ST. PIERRE - FALL RIVER MA, US
PUNEET LAL - SHREWSBURY MA, US
URESH VAHALIA - WABAN MA, US
International Classification:
G06F017/30
G06F012/00
Abstract:
Described is a technique for a backup and restoration of data in a network that includes a multi-lingual file system and a multi-lingual network file server. Multiple meta data files are associated with a single data file in the network. Provided are services for packaging the metadata as a single parameter of an application programming interface (API) for a particular data file being backed up or restored over a network. These techniques may be used in both full and incremental backups and restores of data over a network.