Granted Patent B1

US 9,158,825 · App. 13/673,899 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Abstract

Claims (52)

1. A computer-implemented method for performing a search on a data backup system, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

receiving a search query;

performing a search of indexed information stored in the data backup system based on the search query;

determining an overall amount of non-indexed information stored in the data backup system related to the search query; and

returning results of the performing and the determining wherein search results of the indexed information and at least one of a graphical representation of a ratio of non-indexed information to indexed information and a numerical representation of the ratio of non-indexed information to indexed information is displayed.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the search query includes a set of search criteria related to information to be searched; and

the search criteria comprises an identification of at least one networked device of the data backup system and a set or range of dates associated with information to be searched.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the search comprises:

running a search algorithm configured to analyze indexed information stored in the data backup system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the overall amount of non-indexed information comprises:

querying a target image set related to the search query; and

determining an amount of non-indexed information of the target image set.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein returning the results further comprises:

displaying additional information related to the search, the additional information comprising an identification of non-indexed inaccessible information; and

displaying a set of indexing options associated with the non-indexed information.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of indexing options comprises:

an indexing cost associated with indexing a portion of accessible non-indexed information, wherein the indexing cost comprises a value of computational cost associated with indexing the portion of accessible non-indexed information to increase relevancy of current searches and subsequent searches related to the search query.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of indexing options comprises:

an indexing cost associated with indexing all accessible non-indexed information related to the search query, wherein the indexing cost comprises a value of computational cost associated with indexing all accessible non-indexed information to increase relevancy of current searches and subsequent searches related to the search query.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining an indexing cost associated with indexing a portion of accessible non-indexed information related to the search query.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a selection of indexing options related to the indexing cost; and

indexing the portion of accessible non-indexed information based on the selection.

10. A data backup system, comprising:

at least one master server configured to store backup image information;

at least one indexing server in communication with the at least one master server, the at least one indexing server configured to index at least a portion of the backup image information; and

a search interface module in communication with the at least one master server, the search interface module programmed to:

receive a search query;

perform a search of indexed backup image information stored in the at least one master server based on the search query;

determine a total amount of non-indexed backup image information stored in the at least one master server related to the search query; and

return results of the performing and the determining wherein the search interface module comprises:

an image data collector module configured to retrieve information related to backup image information stored at the at least one master server and to determine the total amount of non-indexed backup image information stored in the at least one master server related to the search query; and

an index server data collector module configured to retrieve information associated with the at least one indexing server and to determine an indexing cost associated with indexing a portion of accessible non-indexed backup image information stored in the at least one master server related to the search query.

11. The data backup system of claim 10 , wherein the search interface module further comprises:

a search operation index validator module configured to return the results of the performing and the determining; and

an indexing initiator module configured to initiate indexing of a portion of accessible non-indexed backup image information stored in the at least one master server related to the search query.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of search on a data backup system comprising:

receiving a search query;

performing a search of indexed information stored in the data backup system based on the search query;

determining how much non-indexed information is stored in the data backup system as related to the search query; and

returning results of the performing and the determining, wherein returning the results comprises:

displaying search results of the indexed information;

displaying a relevancy of the search results;

displaying additional information related to the search, the additional information comprising an identification of non-indexed inaccessible information; and

displaying a set of indexing options associated with the non-indexed information.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein determining how much non-indexed information is stored in the data backup system as related to the search query comprises:

querying a target image set related to the search query; and

determining an amount of non-indexed information of the target image set.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the set of indexing options comprises:

an indexing cost associated with indexing a portion of accessible non-indexed information, wherein the indexing cost comprises a value of computational cost associated with indexing the portion of accessible non-indexed information to increase relevancy of current searches and subsequent searches related to the search query.

Assignments (11)