Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for deduplicating archived data
- Patent Title (中): 用于对存档数据进行重复数据消除的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13285076Application Date: 2011-10-31
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Publication No.: US08595243B1Publication Date: 2013-11-26
- Inventor: Laxmikant Gunda
- Applicant: Laxmikant Gunda
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee: Symantec Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: ALG Intellectual Property, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F17/30
- IPC: G06F17/30 ; G06F7/00

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for deduplicating archived data may include (1) identifying a volume of data subject to deduplication, with the volume of data comprising at least one archived file that is represented on the volume of data with a placeholder file and is stored on an alternate volume of data, and (2) determining a disposition of the archived file for deduplication by (i) determining that the archived file is represented by the placeholder file, and, in response to determining that the archived file is represented by the placeholder file, (ii) identifying a deduplication fingerprint of the archived file instead of a deduplication fingerprint of the placeholder file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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