Patent ID: 7882062
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An automated method for synchronizing a target database with a source database and replicating the source database to the target database in a database replication system, wherein the source database is on-line during the synchronization, the source database being located at a first node of the system, and the target database being located at a second node of the system, the method comprising: (a) sending changes in the source database to the target database by sending a replication stream from the first node to the second node; (b) sending successive blocks of data from the first node to the target database to synchronize or resynchronize the target database with the source database, each block of data including one or more rows of data, the successively sent blocks of data defining a loading stream, wherein the successive blocks of data are not the same as the changes in the source database being sent in the replication stream of step (a); (c) ensuring that the loading stream of step (b) is ahead of the replication stream of step (a); (d) posting the successively sent blocks of data into the target database; and (e) applying the replication stream into the target database, the method thereby allowing synchronization or resynchronization to occur simultaneously with replication.