sistema e metodos de armazenamento, varredura e desduplicacao de indices de objetos em sistema de republicacao de dados distribuidores, dispositivo de pluraliddae de dispositivos em sistema de republicacao de dados distribuidos e memoria legivel em computador

摘要

A method is performed by a device of a group of devices in a distributed data replication system. The method includes storing an index of objects in the distributed data replication system, the index being replicated while the objects are stored locally by the plurality of devices in the distributed data replication system. The method also includes conducting a scan of at least a portion of the index and identifying a redundant replica(s) of the at least one of the objects based on the scan of the index. The method further includes de-duplicating the redundant replica(s), and updating the index to reflect the status of the redundant replica.