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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
David D. Chambliss, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Joseph S. Glider, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Danny Harnik, Tel Mond, IL;
Ety Khaitzin, Holon, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Computer program products, as well as corresponding systems and methods are configured for performing deduplication in conjunction with random read and write operations, and include: receiving a write request comprising data; computing a fingerprint of the data; determining whether a short term dictionary comprises an entry corresponding to the fingerprint; in response to determining the short term dictionary comprises the entry corresponding to the fingerprint, writing the data to a data store in a deduplicating manner; in response to determining the short term dictionary does not comprise the entry, determining whether a long term dictionary corresponding to the namespace comprises the entry; in response to determining the long term dictionary comprises the entry, writing the data to the data store in the deduplicating manner; and in response to determining the long term dictionary does not comprise the entry, writing the data to the data store in a non-deduplicating manner.