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Ordering compression and deduplication of data

US7937371B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Allen Keith Bates · Tucson, US
Nils Haustein · Nieder-Olm, DE
Craig Anthony Klein · Tucson, US
Daniel J. Winarski · Tucson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 2008
Grant date	May 3, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/24556
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Data that is to be deduplicated and compressed is received. The data is compressed then deduplicated to generate first compressed then deduplicated data. The data is deduplicated then compressed to generate first deduplicated then compressed data. The first compressed then deduplicated data is stored if the first compressed then deduplicated data is smaller in size than the first deduplicated then compressed data. The first deduplicated then compressed data is stored if the first deduplicated then compressed data is smaller in size than the first compressed then deduplicated data.

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