Patent ID: 8244914

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for restoring email databases, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: creating a backup image of an email database; archiving one or more objects from a set of email objects in the backup image by, for each email object in the set of email objects: determining whether the email object is smaller than a predetermined size; if the email object is smaller than the predetermined size, leaving the email object in the backup image; if the email object is larger than the predetermined size, moving the email object from the backup image to an archival data store and providing, in the backup image, a shortcut that identifies a location of the email object in the archival data store; receiving a request to restore the email database; restoring the email database from the backup image by, for each archived email object in the set of email objects, restoring the shortcut to the email object instead of restoring the email object.