Remote copy network
Abstract
A remote copy network realizes low-cost multi-hop remote copying. Remote copying is executed via a remote copy network (RCN) having a source edge device connected to a source storage and a target edge device connected to a target storage. Because the RCN is a network provided by a network business, a user having a storage device can execute remote copying without owning or managing the RCN. The source edge device receives remote copy I/O from the source storage, creates a log entry to which a sequential number is added, and sends the log entry to a target edge device. The target edge device acquires the remote copy I/O from the received log entry, and sends the remote copy I/O to the target storage in the order of the sequential number.

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- Application, DOCDB
- 04012936
- Application, EPODOC
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Titles3
- German
- Fernkopiernetzwerk
- English
- Remote copy network
- French
- Reseau de copie à distance
Classification
- CPC, 7
- H04L67/1097
- G06F11/2066
- G06F11/2069
- G06F11/2074
- G06F11/2076
- G06F11/2082
- H04L67/1095
- IPC, 5
- G06F11 20
- G06F3 06
- G06F13 10
- G06F12 00
- H04L29 08
Designated states2
- Contracting states, 1
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 1
- North Macedonia