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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Lee Jason Sanders, Chichester, GB;
Ben Sasson, North Baddesley, GB;
Gordon Douglas Hutchison, Eastleigh, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a system are provided for controlling deduplication in a storage pool. The method includes creating one or more deduplication domains within a storage pool, wherein storage volumes that are within a deduplication domain are deduplicated only with other volumes within the same deduplication domain and assigning storage volumes to a deduplication domain in order to control deduplication between storage volumes. The method may include, within a deduplication domain, blocklisting a volume from deduplication with a specified volume whilst allowing deduplication with other volumes in the deduplication domain.