Patent ID: 8180734
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-accessible storage medium storing program instructions executable to: for each client computer system of a plurality of client computer systems, determine a transmission speed at which the client computer system can transmit backup data to a backup server computer system, wherein determining the transmission speed comprises determining a speed of data transmission across a network coupling the client computer system to the backup server computer system, wherein determining the speed of data transmission comprises polling the client computer system to determine the speed of data transmission; rank the client computer systems according to their respective transmission speeds; and initiate a respective backup task for each client computer system of the plurality of client computer systems, wherein the respective backup task for each client computer system operates to transmit backup data from the client computer system to the backup server computer system; wherein initiating the backup tasks for the plurality of client computer systems comprises initiating the backup tasks for a first subset of the plurality of client computer systems before initiating the backup tasks for a second subset of the plurality of client computer systems in response to determining that the transmission speeds of the client computer systems in the first subset are faster than the transmission speeds of the client computer systems in the second subset.