Patent ID: 11921594
Assignee: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer programming instructions further cause the system to:
during the file indexing operation, before receiving the first read request:
identify second data blocks of the backup copy that are flagged in a second index as being suitable for storage at the data storage area;
define a sequential order for the second data blocks of the backup copy according to where they are stored in the secondary storage;
sequentially retrieve the second data blocks from the secondary storage according to the sequential order, wherein the first data block is among the second data blocks;
add the second data blocks to the data storage area;
from the data storage area, serve read requests issued by the file indexing operation for any of the second data blocks; and
afterwards, for the file indexing operation, retrieve on demand from the secondary storage, data blocks other than the second data blocks.