Dedupe file system for bulk data migration to cloud platform
US11163447B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/1748
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method useful for bulk data migration with a dedupe file system includes the step of providing a data-transfer appliance, wherein the data-transfer appliance comprises a specified number of hard drive data disks configured in a specified number of RAID (redundant array of independent disks) volumes in each RAID group. The computer-implemented method includes the step of creating a single dedupe mountpoint on the data-transfer appliance for a dedupe process, wherein the dedupe process communicates only with the single dedupe mountpoint. The computer-implemented method includes the step of creating a single namespace of all RAID volumes under the single dedupe mountpoint. The computer-implemented method includes the step of creating a scalable namespace for deduplication without a volume manager. The computer-implemented method includes the step of providing n-number of writer threads, wherein each writer-thread works with one RAID group assignment and the writer-threads are evenly distributed.
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