US 12,474,999 B2
Optimal environment sizing for performing asset backup operations
Aaditya Rakesh, Punjab (IN); Upanshu Singhal, Bangalore (IN); and Ravi Vijayakumar Chitloor, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/486,702.
Prior Publication US 2025/0123928 A1, Apr. 17, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1461 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1451 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sizing backup infrastructure, the method comprising:
receiving a sizing request comprising an asset protection policy covering an asset of the backup infrastructure, the asset protection policy at least specifying the asset;
based on receiving the sizing request:
creating an asset snapshot of the asset;
mounting the asset snapshot to obtain a mounted asset snapshot through which asset snapshot data of the asset snapshot is accessible;
partitioning the asset snapshot data into a plurality of asset snapshot data slices;
computing, at least based on a cardinality of the plurality of asset snapshot data slices, a number of proxy nodes of the backup infrastructure required to collectively perform a prospective backup operation entailing the asset snapshot data; and
providing, in reply to the sizing request, a sizing response at least specifying the number of proxy nodes required to collectively perform the prospective backup operation.