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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2015
David G. Therrien, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen M. Stickles, Boylston, MA (US);
Thomas J. Gillispie, Acton, MA (US);
William Andrews, Reading, MA (US);
David G. Therrien, Nashua, NH (US);
Stephen M. Stickles, Boylston, MA (US);
Thomas J. Gillispie, Acton, MA (US);
William Andrews, Reading, MA (US);
Exagrid Systems, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A method, a system, and a computer program product for performing a backup of data are disclosed. A grid server in a plurality of grid servers is selected for deduplicating a segment of data in a plurality of segments of data contained within a data stream. The segment of data is forwarded to the selected grid server for deduplication. A zone contained within the forwarded segment of data is deduplicated using the selected server. The deduplication is performed based on a listing of a plurality of zone stamps. Each zone stamp in the plurality of zone stamps represents a zone in a plurality of zones deduplicated by at least one server in the plurality of grid servers.