Patent ID: 8583906

Claim:
An information handling system (IHS), comprising: a processor; at least one storage device coupled to the processor; and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium coupled to the processor and including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: receive text format IHS setup data and text format mapping data; convert the text format IHS setup data and text format mapping data to binary format IHS setup data and binary format mapping data; store the binary IHS setup data and the binary format mapping data in a database in the at least one storage device; retrieve, by a browser, a portion of the binary format IHS setup data from the database and store, by the browser, information in the at least one storage device using a primary data storage mechanism; and retrieve, by a driver, the binary format mapping data from the database, and use the binary format mapping data to retrieve information in the at least one storage device using an alternative data storage mechanism that is different from the primary data storage mechanism.