Patent ID: 6629110
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for administration of a differential file backup system on a client-server system wherein the server includes a first memory storage device and a second memory device coupled thereto, and wherein a backup file comprises a plurality of component files that include a base file and at least one delta file, and wherein the base file and at least one delta file are stored on the first memory device in a first arrangement having a first number of access points on the first memory device, the method comprising the steps of:reading, by the server from the first memory device, a first plurality of data including at least one base and at least one delta files; writing, by the server to the second memory device, the first plurality of data; processing, by the server the first plurality of data in the second memory device, to rearrange the first plurality of data into a second arrangement such that the plurality of components of the backup file have a second number of access points that are less than the first number of access points of the first arrangement; and writing, by the server to the first memory device, the first plurality of data in the second arrangement.