Patent ID: 7979403
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06F,G11B,H03M

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a compression system configured to create a compressed file for storage said method comprising: a) configuring the compression system to operatively interface with at least one computer and at least one storage device operable in a storage network in accordance with at least one file access storage protocol, wherein the compression system, the at least one computer and the at least one storage device are separate network entities; b) intercepting, by the compression system, a request addressed by said at least one computer to said at least one storage device requiring to store a raw file; c) compressing said raw file and thereby generating compressed data; d) facilitating storing the compressed data as a compressed file, the compressed file containing a header holding information identifying a substantially exact size of a corresponding raw file; e) intercepting, by the compression system, a file access-related request addressed by said at least one computer to said at least one storage device and referring to a size of said raw file required to be stored; and f) facilitating reporting the size of a corresponding raw file in accordance with said information held in the header of the stored compressed file, wherein: