Patent 7577808 was granted and assigned to EMC on August, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Retrieving information is disclosed. A contiguous group of blocks is determined, where a contiguous group of blocks comprises of at least one of a plurality of blocks associated with one or more data objects to be restored and at least one block not associated with the one or more data objects to be restored. The contiguous group of blocks is obtained.