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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an edge storage having a central processing unit (CPU). The edge storage is connected to another storage device capable of deduplicating and managing a data of a file in units of a predetermined chunk via a network, in which, when a data of a newly created file or an updated file is transferred to the other storage device, the CPU determines whether to transmit a difference portion to a core storage or to transmit a finger print of a difference chunk to the core storage, based on a size of the difference portion and a size of the finger print of the difference chunk which is a chunk including the difference portion and transmits the difference portion or the finger print to the core storage according to a determination result.