发明名称 |
Systems and methods for de-duplication in storage systems |
摘要 |
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a storage system may include a storage array comprising one or more storage resources, a processor communicatively coupled to the storage array, and a de-duplication module comprising instructions embodied on a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor. The de-duplication module may be configured to, when read and executed by the processor: generate a fingerprint for an item of data stored on the storage array; identify a partition for the fingerprint; associate the partition with a hardware instance selected from a plurality of hardware instances, wherein each particular hardware instance comprises one or more information handling resources; and query the selected hardware instance to determine if the fingerprint exists on the hardware instance. |
申请公布号 |
US9262086(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.02.16 |
申请号 |
US201514603179 |
申请日期 |
2015.01.22 |
申请人 |
Dell Products L.P. |
发明人 |
Cherian Jacob;Dar Itay |
分类号 |
G06F17/30;G06F3/06 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/30 |
代理机构 |
Baker Botts L.L.P. |
代理人 |
Baker Botts L.L.P. |
主权项 |
1. A storage system, comprising:
a storage array comprising one or more physical storage resources; a processor communicatively coupled to the storage array; a de-duplication module comprising instructions embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to the processor, the de-duplication module configured to, when read and executed by the processor: generate a fingerprint for an item of data stored on the storage array; identify a partition for the fingerprint; associate the partition with a selected hardware instance selected from a plurality of hardware instances, wherein each particular hardware instance comprises one or more information handling resources; and query the selected hardware instance to determine whether the fingerprint exists on the hardware instance; wherein the de-duplication module configured to, in order to identify each partition, calculate a function to identify a partition for each fingerprint: wherein the function is operable to map all possible fingerprints to a corresponding partition; and the function operable to map each fingerprint to a partition such that the number of fingerprints associated with each partition would be approximately equal. |
地址 |
Round Rock TX US |