System and method for combining data streams in pilelined storage operations in a storage network

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Described herein are systems and methods for multiplexing pipelined data for backup operations. Various data streams are combined such as by multiplexing by a multiplexing module. The multiplexing module combines the data from the various data streams received by receiver module(s) into a single stream of chunks. The multiplexing module may combine data from multiple archive files into a single chunk. Additional modules perform other operations on the chunks of data to be transported such as encryption compression, etc. The data , chunks are transmitted via a transport channel to a receive pipeline that includes a second receiver module and other modules. The data chunks are then …