US 11,775,396 B1
Methods and systems for improved backup performance
Vaijayanti Rakshit Bharadwaj, Maharashtra (IN); and Chirag Dalal, Maharashtra (IN)
Assigned to Veritas Technologies LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Veritas Technologies LLC, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/459,612.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/236,552, filed on Aug. 24, 2021.
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1464 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1451 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 11/1471 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
assigning a top-level entity to a backup host of a plurality of backup hosts, wherein a plurality of objects are associated with the top-level entity; and
performing a backup operation on the plurality of objects, wherein
the backup operation is performed by the backup host, and
the backup operation comprises
determining whether an object of the plurality of objects comprises
at least one new data segment, or
at least one modified data segment, and
in response to a determination that the object comprises the at least one new data segment or the at least one modified data segment,
writing information regarding the at least one new data segment or the at least one modified data segment in a tracklog dedicated to the top-level entity, wherein
the information comprises
  an INLINE directive, and
  the at least one new data segment or the at least one modified data segment.