System and method for efficiently duplicating data in a storage system, eliminating the need to read the source data or write the target data
US10642795B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1748
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for copying data efficiently within a deduplicating storage system eliminates the need to read or write the data per se within the storage system. The copying is accomplished by creating duplicates of the metadata block pointers only. The result is a process that creates and arbitrary number of copies using minimal time and bandwidth.
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