Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Region-integrated data deduplication
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Application No.: US15950058Application Date: 2018-04-10
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Publication No.: US10346077B2Publication Date: 2019-07-09
- Inventor: Jonathan Amit , Aviv Caro , David D. Chambliss , Joseph S. Glider , Chaim Koifman , Yosef Shatsky
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Zilka-Kotab, P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F16/174
- IPC: G06F16/174 ; G06F3/06

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for performing deduplication in conjunction with random read and write operations across a namespace that is divided into a plurality of disjoint regions is disclosed. The method includes: maintaining a metadata structure for each of the plurality of disjoint regions via the respective region manager, each metadata structure comprising metadata indicating a physical storage location of one or more data chunks associated with the respective region; and performing a deduplicated write operation. The deduplicated write operation includes: determining whether the disjoint regions comprise a second data chunk identical in content to a first data chunk; and in response to determining one or more of the plurality of disjoint regions other than the first region includes the second data chunk, establishing a reference from the first data chunk to the second data chunk. Corresponding systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180232172A1 REGION-INTEGRATED DATA DEDUPLICATION Public/Granted day:2018-08-16
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