Patent ID: 7213040
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for storing changes on a time domain server, comprising: a version storage operative to store a first version of a file; a file event handler to handle a file event that occurred to the first version of the file during an epoch; a scheduler to signal the file event handler with a start epoch declaration when a new epoch is to be declared; a file manager to store a second version of the file in the version storage, the second version of the file generated during the new epoch and received by the file event handler; a source server from which the file event handler can receive the second version of the file; and a second source server including a second file, wherein the scheduler is operative to signal the file event handler with a start epoch declaration when the new epoch is to be declared for the source server, and to signal the file event handler with a second start epoch declaration when a second new epoch is to be declared for the second source server, and the file manager is operative to store a version of the second file in the version storage, the version of the second file generated during the second epoch and received by the event handler from the second source server.