Spectra Logic Assigned Patent

Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO, has been assigned a patent (10,572,443) developed by Starr, Matthew Thomas, Lafyette, CO, and Trachy, David Lee, Longmont, CO, for an “automated backup of network attached storage.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: ”An apparatus and associated method that contemplate obtaining a server in selective communication with an archive storage controller, (ASC) via a computer network, the ASC having access to a plurality of removable storage mediums, RSMs, storing data in the server, creating a logical storage volume in the ASC that has a logical relationship to the data stored in the server, and after the creating step, and without communication between the server and the ASC via the computer network, selecting at least one of the RSMs and dedicating the selected at least one RSM for retaining only data that is stored in the logical storage volume.”

The patent application was filed on February 11, 2015 (14/619,235).