Patent ID: 8150800
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system configured to provide clock synchronization for use with a replication service in a data backup and recovery storage environment, comprising: a first source replication node of a plurality of source replication nodes (SRNs) configured to couple to one or more target storage systems of a plurality of target storage systems over a network, the plurality of SRNs configured to replicate storage requests on the one or more target storage systems, wherein a first SRN of the plurality of SRNs comprises a first write interception component, a first hardware clock component (HClock) configured to generate a timestamp, and a first clock node component (CNode) in cooperating relation to the first write interception component and the first HClock, the first CNode configured to, wherein at least one of the CNodes is configured to generate a time identifier (ID) data structure configured to store at least one of the timestamp and the error boundary.