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Selecting a store for deduplicated data

US10496490B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2013
Grant dateDec 3, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2201/80
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique includes communicating signatures of samples of first data associated with an object to at least some stores of a plurality of stores on which the object is distributed, and in response to the communication, receiving responses indicating numbers of the samples stored on the respective at least some of the plurality of stores and regulating on which store of the plurality of stores deduplicated data associated with the first data is stored based at least in part on the numbers and a pattern of data storage on the stores.

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