Tape image on non-tape storage device
View Patent ↗A method and system for facilitating the performance of data backups facilitates the storage of information being backed up on a non-tape storage device in a format that facilitates the subsequent transfer of the information to a tape storage device without substantial further processing by a computer.
1. A method for storing backed up information, the method comprising:
storing the backed up information as a tape image on a non-tape storage device;
transferring the backed up information directly from the non-tape storage device to a tape storage device without moving the backed up information through a computer; and
wherein the non-tape storage device and the tape storage device are physically separate devices.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the backed up information is stored according to at least one of ANSI/ISO/ECMA DDS, DDS-DC and DDS-2.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the backed up information is stored on a disk based storage device.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the backed up information is stored on a network attached storage (NAS) device.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the backed up information is stored on a storage area network (SAN).
6. A method for storing backed up information, the method comprising:
formatting the backed up information as a tape image;
communicating the backed up information to a disk based storage system;
communicating the backed up information from the disk based storage system directly to a tape drive without moving the backed up information through a computer; and
wherein the disk based storage system and the tape drive are physically separate devices.
7. A method for storing backed up information on tape, the method comprising:
forming a tape image on a non-tape storage medium;
subsequently transferring the tape image directly to tape without moving the backed up information through a computer; and
wherein the non-tape storage medium is present on a first device and the tape is present on a second device and the first device and the second device are physically separate.
8. A system for storing backed up information, the system comprising:
a non-tape storage device, a tape storage device, and a computer configured to store the backed up information as a tape image on the non-tape storage device;
wherein the non-tape storage device and the tape storage device are configured to transfer the backed up information directly from the non-tape storage device to the tape storage device without moving the backed up information through a computer; and
wherein the non-tape storage device and the tape storage device are physically separate devices.
9. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the computer is configure to store the backed up information according to at least one of ANSI/ISO/ECMA DDS, DDS-DC and DDS-2.
10. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the non-tape storage device comprises a disk based storage device.
11. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the non-tape storage device comprises a network attached storage (NAS) device.
12. The system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the non-tape storage device comprises a storage area network (SAN).