Patent ID: 8930319
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for directing storage of data in a computer network, the system comprising: at least a first client computing device configured to communicate with a first network comprising a local area network wherein first file-based backup data is transferred as files in a first file-based format on the local area network to at least a first storage device with a first protocol; at least a second client computing device configured to communicate with a second network comprising a storage area network, wherein second block-based backup data is transferred at least as block writes in a second block-based format on the storage area network to at least a second storage device, wherein the second block-based format is not file based with a second protocol that is different than the first protocol; a file processor comprising computer hardware, the file processor configured to communicate with the first client computing device with the first network comprising the local area network, and the second client computing device with the second network comprising the storage area network, a media component executing in one or more computer processors configured to communicate with the first client computing device with the first network comprising the local area network and the second client computing device with the second network comprising the storage area network, the media component further configured to communicate with the network file system associated with the file processor,