Patent ID: 7096382

Claim:
A data backup and recovery system for use with at least one server interconnected with at least one storage device, said data backup and recovery system comprising: at least one data recovery device; at least one data recovery storage device comprising a permanent storage component associated with and controlled by said at least one data recovery device; and at least one data communication monitor for providing to said at least one data recovery device at least control information bearing an order stamp including an order mark and a time mark regarding data communications between corresponding ones of said at least one server and said at least one storage device, said at least one data recovery device being responsive to at least said control information bearing an order stamp for storing data on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in a manner which enables reconstruction of a complete sequence of data communications for each of said at least one data communication monitor and enables reconstruction of a representation of said data communications at a given earlier time but does not require that the data be sent to said at least one data recovery device in a given order and stored on said permanent storage component of said at least one data recovery storage device in a given order before re-ordering the data.