Patent ID: 8941863
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for image copy optimization comprising: receiving a request to copy a plurality of images; determining, using at least one computer processor, whether to defer synchronization between a host and electronic storage for the plurality of images prior to copying one or more of the plurality of images, wherein the determination is based on one or more configurable factors; copying the one or more of the plurality of images; in the event it was determined, prior to copying the one or more of the plurality of images, to not defer synchronization, synchronizing each of the one or more of the plurality of images copied; in the event it was determined, prior to copying the one or more of the plurality of images, to defer synchronization, deferring synchronization for each of the one or more of the plurality of images; in the event that synchronization has been deferred,