Patent ID: 8977828
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a proxy processor configured to simulate a virtual disk; a daemon processor in communication with the proxy processor and a non-transitory backup repository containing a backup of a production machine; and a processor configured to read from the backup repository and return plaintext data to the daemon processor; wherein the proxy processor is configured to receive from an application read requests and write requests and to direct the read requests and write requests to the daemon processor; wherein the daemon processor is configured to receive the read requests from the proxy processor and to access the backup repository or the simulated virtual disk if a read request is for data already written to the simulated virtual disk; and wherein the daemon processor is configured to receive the write requests from the proxy processor and to write data in the write requests to the simulated virtual disk to convert the backup repository on demand to the simulated virtual disk usable by a virtual machine to function like the production machine.