A system and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption. PCPIs are consumed at a fixed level and each coalesced PCPI presents a valid version of the source file system from some point in time. The qtrees concurrently move through...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7162662?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7162662 - System and method for fault-tolerant synchronization of replica updates for fixed persistent consistency point image consumption