Inventors:
Duane David Thilmony - Savage MN, US
Nicholas G. Nelson - Champlin MN, US
Assignee:
Symantec Corporation - Mountain View CA
International Classification:
G06F 7/00
Abstract:
Various embodiments of a system and method for initiating backup tasks to backup data from a plurality of client computer systems are described. The backup tasks may be initiated in an order specified by a ranking of the client computer systems according to their respective network transmission speeds. For example, the backup tasks may be prioritized so that backup tasks for client computer systems with faster transmission speeds are initiated before backup tasks for client computer systems with slower transmission speeds.