DataCore Assigned Patent
Point-in-time volumes
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on August 17, 2015 at 2:50 pmDataCore Software Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has been assigned a patent (9,087,013) developed by Linde, David A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, for a “methods and apparatus for point-in-time volumes.”
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”Methods and apparatus for point-in-time volumes are provided. A relationship is enabled between a source volume and point-in-time volume. Copying a data chunk to the point-in-time volume before a write operation modifies the data chunk on the source volume dynamically creates the point-in-time volume. The point-in-time volume can be accessed in read/write mode as a general purpose data storage volume. Other embodiments comprising additional features, such as a forced migration process, are also provided.“
The patent application was filed on March 14, 2013 (13/827,106).