Patent ID: 8606754
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an active file handling device comprising an at least first file and an at least second file, said active file handling device being configured to copy said at least second file to a network element; and a standby file handling device comprising an at least first backup file associated with said at least first file in said active file handling device and an at least second backup file associated with said at least second file in said active file handling device, said standby file handling device being configured to copy said at least first backup file to said at least first file in said active file handling device when said standby file handling device finds that said active file handling device misses said at least first file, wherein said standby file handling device is not configured to synchronize said at least second backup file with said at least second file in said active file handling device when said standby file handling device finds that said active file handling device misses said at least second file, and wherein said standby file handling device is not configured to transfer said at least first backup file to said at least second backup file.