Patent ID: 8595452

Claim:
A data streaming conversion and replication system, comprising: a primary data store that stores data according to a first format; a secondary data store that maintains a back-up of the data stored in the primary data store, the back-up in the secondary data store stored according to a second format; a network connection coupling the primary data store and the secondary data store; a replicator that automatically replicates data between the primary data store and the secondary data store as changes are made to the data stored in the primary data store; a conversion unit that converts the data from the first format to the second format, wherein the conversion unit is transparent to the replicator, the primary data store, and the secondary data store, and wherein the conversion unit is transparent by passively converting the data without interacting with the replicator, the primary data store, and the secondary data store; and the replicator and the conversion unit replicate and convert the data substantially streamed between the primary data store and the secondary data store.