Duplicate management

A method of managing duplicate segments from a segmented file storage system is disclosed. The method comprises indexing a segment according to a key for the segments wherein the index includes an identification of a first data location where the segment is stored and identifying a duplicate segment...

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Hauptverfasser: Patterson R. Hugo, Lee Edward K, Zhu Ming Benjamin
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method of managing duplicate segments from a segmented file storage system is disclosed. The method comprises indexing a segment according to a key for the segments wherein the index includes an identification of a first data location where the segment is stored and identifying a duplicate segment having the same key that is stored in a second location. The method further comprises determining that the duplicate segment is an undesired duplicate segment and eliminating the undesired duplicate segment.