Patent ID: 8874518
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for processing two or more data update files at a primary server for transmission to a backup server, the two or more data update files including data updates to one or more data files stored at both the primary server and the backup server, the backup server being coupled to the primary server via a network, the method comprising the steps of: the primary server determining that the two or more data update files at the primary server are waiting to be compressed; the primary server determining if the primary server has more than a predetermined level of available processor power and if the network has more than a predetermined level of available bandwidth, and if so, the primary server compressing the two or more data update files at least partially in parallel, and if not, the primary server compressing the two or more data update files sequentially; and the primary server sending to the backup server via the network the two or more data update files which have been compressed so the backup server can update the corresponding one or more data files at the backup server.