System and method for dynamically sharing storage volumes in a computer network

a computer network and storage volume technology, applied in the field of system and method for dynamically sharing storage volumes in a computer network, can solve the problems of network traffic overload, limited storage of this data to individual computers, and often overloaded network traffi

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-10
COMMVAULT SYST INC
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During the early development of the computer, storage of this data was limited to individual computers.
At times, storage solutions in some of the above-described network architectures including LAN, NAS, and modular storage systems may cause overloading of network traffic during certain operations associated with use of storage devices on the network.
During common operations such as system backups, transaction processing, file copies, and other similar operations, network traffic often becomes overloaded as hundreds of megabytes (MB) and gigabytes (GB) of information are sent over the network to the associated storage devices.
As long as the storage devices are attached to the LAN or other network, this bandwidth issue remains a problem.
Thus, when the bandwidth-intensive operations are required, they take place over the SAN and the LAN remains unaffected.
None of these solutions, however, address the st

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With reference to FIGS. 1 through 7, embodiments of the invention are presented. FIG. 1 presents a block diagram of a network architecture for a system to perform storage operations on electronic data in a computer network according to an embodiment of the invention. As shown, the system includes a storage manager 100 and one or more of the following: a client 85, an information store 90, a data agent 95, a media agent 105, an index cache 110, and a storage device 115. The system and elements thereof are exemplary of a three-tier backup system such as the CommVault Galaxy backup system, available from CommVault Systems, Inc. of Oceanport, N.J., and further described in application Ser. No. 09 / 610,738 which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

A data agent 95 is generally a software module that is generally responsible for archiving, migrating, and recovering data of a client computer 85 stored in an information store 90 or other memory location. Each client compute...

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Abstract

A computerized method for dynamically sharing a magnetic media volume in a network, the method comprising removing, in response to a volume sharing request, an association between a first media management component and the magnetic media volume, and associating, according to a set of selection logic, a second media management component with the magnetic media volume.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosures, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent files or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The invention disclosed herein relates generally to performing storage operations on electronic data in a computer network. More particularly, the present invention relates to selecting, in response to the initiation of a storage operation and according to selection logic, a media management component and a network storage device to perform storage operations on electronic data. Storage of electronic data has evolved through many forms. During the early development of the computer, storage of this data was limited to individual computers. Electronic data was stored in the R...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/06G06F12/00G06F12/16G06F15/167G06F15/173G06F17/00G06F17/30G06KH04L29/08
CPCG06F3/0617G06F3/0635G06F3/067G06F11/1464G06F11/1448Y10S707/99953Y10S707/99955G06F11/1469H04L67/1097G06F16/951G06F16/2228G06F3/0619G06F3/0655G06F3/0689G06F3/065
Inventor KOTTOMTHARAYIL, RAJIVGOKHALE, PARAGPRAHLAD, ANANDKUMAR, MANOJNGO, DAVIDDEVASSY, VARGHESE
Owner COMMVAULT SYST INC
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