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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Kun Wang, Beijing, CN;
Colin Yong Zou, Beijing, CN;
Sean Cheng Ye, Beijing, CN;
Lyne Yuwei Li, Shangai, CN;
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a method and device for data replication. The method comprises: obtaining, in a network interface card, data segments by segmenting input first data; determining, in the network interface card, fingerprints corresponding to the data segments; and comparing, in a central processing unit, the fingerprints of the data segments with existing fingerprints corresponding to processed data segments, and determining, based on a result of the comparing, whether to de-duplicate the data segments corresponding to the fingerprints, to perform the data replication.