Patent ID: 8782006

Claim:
A method comprising: performing a plurality of periodic backups of a database portion of a source data, wherein the source data comprises the database portion and a transaction log portion, and the performing the plurality of periodic backups generates a plurality of partial backups; performing a continuous backup of the transaction log portion of the source data, wherein the performing the continuous backup generates a plurality of backup transaction logs, creating, using one or more processors, a plurality of links to the plurality of the backup transaction logs, wherein each of the plurality of links references one of the plurality of the backup transaction logs, each of the plurality of links is stored using memory accessible by the one or more processors, and the creating comprises creating a respective new link of the plurality of links responsive to each respective backup transaction log of the plurality of backup transaction logs being generated, and storing a full backup of the source data, wherein the full backup of the source data comprises: a first partial backup of the plurality of partial backups, wherein the first partial backup comprises a backup of the source data generated at a first of the plurality of periodic backups, and a subset of the plurality of links, wherein the subset of the plurality of links references a subset of the plurality of the backup transaction logs.