Master Index Table for Unified Backup Format Navigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional storage systems face complexity in data backup and recovery due to the need to navigate multiple backup formats, such as zip files and snapshots, which requires opening multiple application windows, making it cumbersome for system administrators to locate and restore user files.
Innovation Solution
A single master index table is generated during data backup, allowing users to interact with a single GUI window to navigate and restore files across multiple backup formats, simplifying the backup and restoration process by providing a unified index for all backed-up files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional storage systems use multiple backup formats to store backed up copies of files, then data can be preserved in different formats for flexibility and compatibility, but the system complexity and difficulty of navigating backup files increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple backup formats and their associated navigation interfaces into a single unified backup file. This single backup file can contain data in different formats (e.g., zip archive, snapshot data, application data) but presents a single navigation interface to users, eliminating the need to open multiple application windows while maintaining format versatility through internal structure
2Reliability
If traditional storage systems require opening multiple application windows to navigate different backup formats, then each format can be accessed with its native tools, but the ease of operation deteriorates due to the cumbersome process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal backup file format that can store multiple types of data (zip archives, snapshots, application data) within a single structure. A single navigation interface provides multi-functional access to all these different data types without requiring separate application windows, making the system easier to operate while maintaining reliable access to each format through the unified interface
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional storage systems store backed up files in multiple formats, then data can be recovered in various formats, but the loss of time increases due to the cumbersome navigation process
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple backup formats into a single backup file structure that can be navigated through one interface. This consolidation allows users to locate and restore files in different formats (zip, snapshot, application data) without the time-consuming process of opening multiple application windows and searching through separate backup files, thus reducing time loss while maintaining format versatility
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosed techniques enable browsing of data items that are stored in a backup storage system in a backup format. A search query from a user is received where the search query is for a data item stored in a data storage system, such as a tape drive, a disk array, or a cloud-based storage system. The system may use an index to look up a data format of the data item. To present the data to the user, the system may perform a restoration operation using two or more staging operations to convert the data format to a format that can be presented to the user.