Patent ID: 8935366
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system that allocates backup data in a hybrid backup environment, the system comprising: a set of storage locations in the hybrid backup environment, the hybrid backup environment including both a cloud backup environment and a peer-to-peer backup environment; the set of storage locations including a cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment and one or more peer-to-peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment; wherein the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment is remote from the one or more peer-to-peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment; and a super peer component, having direct interaction with both the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment and the one or more peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment, such that the one or more peer storage locations of the peer-to-peer backup environment constitute one or more peers and the cloud storage location of the cloud backup environment is accessible to the one or more peers via a network, the super peer component including: