Increasing speed of synchronization and restore
A method, computer program product, computing system, and system for increasing speed during synchronization or restore are described. The method may include acquiring list of items to be synchronized or restored. The method may further include defining a set of storage sources available to a client computer. The method may also include mounting the available storage sources to the client computer. The method may additionally include determining a storage intersection of items in the list based on the items being available in more than one mounted storage device. Moreover, the method may include, in response to determining a set of items that has a storage intersection, synchronizing or restoring the items based on at least one of a speed of download and a network latency.
1. A method for increasing speed during synchronization or restore, the method comprising:
acquiring a list of items to be synchronized or restored that are associated with a client computer;
defining a set of available storage sources available to the client computer, wherein the set of available storage sources comprises a remote cloud storage source, one or more directly attached storage sources; and one or more storage sources in a local network, wherein the list of items are stored on one or more of the set of available storage sources;
mounting the set of available storage sources to the client computer;
determining a storage intersection of items in the list based on the items being available in more than one mounted storage device;
in response to determining a set of items that has a storage intersection, synchronizing or restoring the items based on at least one of a speed of download and a network latency;
in response to determining a set of items that does not have a storage intersection, synchronizing or restoring the items from a primary remote storage, and
wherein prior to restoring the items from the primary remote storage, determining if the items are available at a local storage device; and if the items are available at the local storage device, restoring the items from the local storage device in lieu of restoring the items from the primary remote storage.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
performing a hash calculation with regard to restorable data items on a mounted storage source.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
comparing hash file from the list of items with hashes of files from the mounted storage sources; identifying one or more unique files using the hash comparison; and copying one or more unique files from the remote cloud storage source.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining a collision of hashes, synchronizing or restoring the corresponding items from an appropriate mounted storage source.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to determining no matching hashes, synchronizing or restoring the corresponding items from a backup archive.
6. A non-transitory computer program product residing on a computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for increasing speed during synchronization or restore, the operations comprising:
acquiring list of items to be synchronized or restored that are associated with a client computer;
defining a set of available storage sources available to the client computer, wherein the set of available storage sources comprises a primary remote storage source, one or more directly attached storage sources; and one or more storage sources in a local network, wherein the list of items are stored on one or more of the set of available storage sources;
mounting the set of available storage sources to the client computer;
determining, using one or more logical operations performed by one or more processors, a storage intersection of items in the list based on the items being available in more than one mounted storage device, wherein one mounted storage device comprises local storage;
in response to determining a set of items that has a storage intersection, synchronizing or restoring the items based on at least one of a speed of download and a network latency;
in response to determining a set of items that does not have a storage intersection, synchronizing or restoring the items from the primary remote storage, and
wherein prior to restoring or synchronizing the items from the primary remote storage, determining if the items are available at a local storage device; and if the items are available at the local storage device, restoring the items from the local storage device in lieu of restoring the items from the primary remote storage.
7. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
performing a hash calculation with regard to a data item on a mounted storage source.
8. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
comparing hash file from the list of items with hashes of files from the mounted storage sources.
9. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining a collision of hashes, synchronizing or restoring the corresponding items from an appropriate mounted storage source.
10. The non-transitory computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the operations further comprise:
in response to determining no matching hashes, synchronizing or restoring the corresponding items from a backup archive.