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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Nikolas Ioannou, Rueschlikon, CH;
Ioannis Koltsidas, Rueschlikon, CH;
Anil Kurmus, Rueschlikon, CH;
Roman A. Pletka, Rueschlikon, CH;
Alessandro Sorniotti, Rueschlikon, CH;
Thomas D Weigold, Rueschlikon, CH;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A device for storing data in a distributed file system, the distributed file system including a plurality of deduplication storage devices, includes a determination unit configured to determine a characteristic of first data to be stored in the distributed file system; an identification unit configured to identify one of the deduplication storage devices of the distributed file system as deduplication storage device for the first data based on the characteristic of the first data; and a storing unit configured to store the first data in the identified deduplication storage device such that the first data and second data being redundant to the first data are deduplicatable within the identified deduplication storage device.