Patent ID: 7865579
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed at a first network computer (NC) client, comprising: receiving one or more first working copies of one or more first volumes; modifying the one or more first working copies to generate one or more second working copies, wherein the modifying includes generating a write request to the one or more first volumes; and redirecting the write request to the one or more second volumes on a NC server over a network, wherein information associated with the write request is to be stored in one or more second volumes at the NC server, wherein the one or more second working copies that include the one or more first copies that have been modified at the first NC client are to be used by one or more second NC clients at a subsequent booting from the NC server, wherein the NC server, the first NC client, and the one or more second NC clients are coupled via a network.