Patent ID: 8275743

Claim:
A method for securing data volumes in memory to a remote computer using at least one processor, comprising: accessing at least one data volume and at least one journal volume stored at a primary computer, wherein the at least one journal volume comprises a plurality of file system operations; synchronously replicating the at least one journal volume to a backup computer, wherein the at least one journal volume is replicated after each operation of a plurality of file system operations associated with the at least one data volume, and the replicating produces at least one replicated journal volume on the backup computer; asynchronously creating at least one data volume copy at the remote computer using the at least one replicated journal volume; detecting that a predetermined time period has expired; and pausing the replicating to perform the creating, in response to the detecting, wherein the pausing comprises the backup computer instructing the primary computer to stop writing to the backup computer.