METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING EXTENDED DISK SECTOR FORMATTING TO ASSIST IN BACKUP AND HIERARCHICAL STORAGE MANAGEMENT
Patent №
US 6,973,553
Granted
2005-12-06
Filed 2000
Owner
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
hardware
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09692957
A method and apparatus for providing extended disk sector formatting to assist in backup and hierarchical storage management is disclosed. A part of the extended sector format is used to include a field for indicating whether data was written since the last backup. This backup field may be a single bit or could be larger to indicate age since last backup.
AI classification
Ownership
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
assignment · 112710240
Assignors
ARCHIBALD, JOHN EDWARD JR., MCKEAN, BRIAN DENNIS
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