Patent ID: 7734594

Claim:
A serverless backup system for backing up information on a network including one or more servers, comprising: a storage system for storing information to be backed up and restored, the storage system operable to: receive the information from a plurality of workstations; and store the information received from the plurality of workstations; and a backup storage system for backing up the information and restoring the information, the backup storage system coupled to the storage system and to one or more servers via a network, the backup storage system operable to: obtain a static view of a relevant portion of the storage system, wherein the static view is obtained using one or more of a backup mirror system and taking a snapshot of the relevant portion of the storage system, wherein a period of write inactivity to the storage system is waited for prior to obtaining the static view; map one or more blocks of data comprising the information being backed up to corresponding files; and back up the information by transferring the information being backed up using one or more data movers operable to transfer the information being backed up directly from the storage system to the backup storage system, using one or more extended copy commands, without going through the one or more servers; and restore the information by transferring the information being restored using one or more data movers operable to transfer the information being restored directly from the backup storage system to the storage system, using one or more extended copy commands, without going through the one or more servers.