Overland Storage Assigned Two Patents
Data protection with multiple site replication, tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention
By Francis Pelletier | November 13, 2023 at 2:00 pmData protection with multiple site replication
Overland Storage, Inc., San Diego, CA, has been assigned a patent (11782607) developed by Desimone; Dennis, Reider; Michael H., Escondido, CA, Geist; Kenneth, San Diego, CA, and Gonzalez; Victoria, Escondido, CA, for a “data protection with multiple site replication.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Systems and methods for replicating data from a first site to a second site remote from said first site are described. An embodiment includes storing compressed data on a hard disk appliance, reading said data without decompressing said data, sending said data over a wide-area-network (WAN) in a compressed state, and storing said data on a second hard disk appliance remote from said first hard disk appliance in its compressed state without performing an additional compression operation.”
The patent application was filed on 2021-12-13 (17/548909).
Tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention
Overland Storage, Inc., San Diego, CA, has been assigned a patent (11775180) developed by Gonzalez, Victoria, Escondido, CA, and Encarnacao, Sergio, San Diego, CA, for a “tape library emulation with automatic configuration and data retention.“
The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “Disk based emulation of tape libraries is provided with features that allow easier management and administration of a backup system and also allow increased flexibility to both archive data on tape at a remote location and also have fast restore access to archived data files. Features include automatic emulation of physical libraries, and the retention and write protection of virtual tapes that correspond to exported physical tape.”
The patent application was filed on 2021-12-27 (17/562879).