Patent ID: 8639966
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for data recovery, comprising: receiving a first image of a first computer system at a second computer system, the second computer system being remote from the first computer system; receiving a first plurality of delta images at the second computer system, each delta image of the first plurality of delta images representing an incremental change in the first computer system; generating a virtual server based upon the first image and the first plurality of delta images, the virtual server including the state of the first computer system subsequent to generation of the first image and the plurality of delta images; operating the virtual server at the second computer system; generating a second image of the virtual server operating at the second computer system; sending the second image to a third computer system, the third computer system being remote from the second computer system; generating a second plurality of delta images, each delta image of the second plurality of delta images representing an incremental change in the virtual server, and sending each of the second plurality of delta images to the third computer system; and operating the third computer system based upon the second image and the second plurality of delta images.