Patent ID: 8578203
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a backup service to a computer, the method comprising: connecting the computer to a network using a first operating system; directing the computer to run a second operating system to maintain the first operating system in a consistent state during the backup service; providing, from the computer to a remote backup data center through the network, read access to a storage device of the computer, the storage device including a boot record area, a first operating system area, and a data area; and after the read access to the storage device of the computer is provided, performing the backup service between the computer and the remote backup data center through the network, the backup service including copying at least a portion of a boot record and at least a portion of the first operating system stored in the storage device of the computer to the remote backup data center through the network, wherein the data area stores a set of applications and user data; and wherein performing the backup service further includes ensuring that the remote backup data center possesses a current version of the set of applications and the user data stored in the data area via de-duplication and delta encoding processes.