Patent ID: 8131669
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: maintaining a server node in a networked computing environment, wherein the server node is coupled to a plurality of client nodes via a network, and wherein storage is coupled to the server node within the networked computing environment; selecting a model node that is a first client node of the plurality of client nodes, prior to receiving a request to backup an object corresponding to a second client node of the plurality of client nodes at the server node, wherein the model node is selected according to a criterion such that objects to be backed up from the plurality of client nodes to the storage coupled to the server node are more likely to have been backed up from the model node than from any other client node of the plurality of client nodes, wherein metadata corresponding to the objects is stored in a database, and wherein the model node is updated more frequently with latest updates in comparison to other client nodes of the plurality of client nodes; and in response to selecting the model node, storing in the storage, by the server node, data backed up by the model node in a first storage medium that is accessible faster in comparison to a second storage medium in which data backed up by client nodes that are different from the model node are stored.