Patent ID: 7899885

Claim:
An enterprise data backup and recovery system comprising: a first network and a second network in communication through a third network the first network comprising: a first processing layer, wherein the first processor layer comprises: a first media server; a first application storage manager server in communication with the first media server via a first local area network; and a first client in communication with the first media server via the first local area network; wherein the information is transferred to the first media server and to the first storage layer, wherein the first local area network includes a routing switch in communication with a backup master server and multiple uplink connections from the routing switch to a plurality of port switches that provide connective points of a plurality of local area network clients, wherein each connection to the pairs of port switches comprises a secure connection to a first port switch and a non-secure connection to a second port switch, wherein both the secure and the non-secure connections terminate and originate with the backup master server which is security enabled; a first storage area network layer in communication with the first processor layer; a first storage layer in communication with the first process layer; a first switching platform in communication with the first storage area network layer, wherein the first switching platform is in an interface to a first access circuit terminating at the first network; the second network comprising: a second processor layer; a second storage area network layer in communication with the second processor layer; a second storage layer in communication with the second storage area network layer; a third storage layer in communication with the second storage area network and in communication with one or more application servers via a dedicated data connection; a second switching platform in communication with the second storage area network layer, wherein the second switching platform is an interface to a second address circuit terminating at the second network; and wherein, the first and second storage area layers are shared by the first and second networks via the third network; and wherein information stored in the first storage layer is transferred to the second storage layer via the third network under the control of the first processor layer; and wherein the first and second access circuits provide connectivity between components of the first and second networks via the first and second switching platforms.