Patent ID: 8396836

Claim:
A back-up file virtualization device at a second data center site comprising: a network interface component configured to communicate with an active file virtualization device at a first data center site via a communication channel on a scheduled basis; a memory configured to store machine executable code for reducing latency when re-routing at least partial client communications from a first data center site to a second data center site due to a virtualization service disruption; one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute the code in the memory to: import configuration data from the first file virtualization device, wherein the imported configuration data is stored in the memory, the configuration data representing object relationships and mapping information between components in the first data center site and the second data center site; receive an instruction for the back-up file virtualization device to begin handling at least one virtualization service that is disrupted between the active file virtualization device and one or more storage devices at the first data center site; load, from the memory, a most recent import of at least a portion of the configuration data for the one or more disrupted virtualization services; enable the at least a portion of the loaded imported configuration data such that the back-up file virtualization device performs the disrupted virtualization service with one or more storage devices in the second data center site using the at least a portion of the imported configuration data.