Patent ID: 8271456
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of retrieving information, comprising: receiving a list of one or more files to be restored using one or more blocks stored on a backup media, wherein the one or more blocks are needed to restore the one or more files and wherein the one or more blocks are not stored as a single set of adjacent blocks on the backup media; and obtaining a contiguous group of blocks from the backup media, wherein the contiguous group of blocks comprise one or more blocks that are stored as a single set of adjacent blocks on the backup media and wherein the contiguous group of blocks includes a first segment of one or more blocks needed to restore the one or more files, a gap of one or more blocks that are not needed to restore the one or more files and is adjacent to the first segment, and a second segment of one or more blocks needed to restore the one or more files and is adjacent to the gap.