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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomonori Furuta, Nagoya, JP;
Tomohiro Uno, Nagoya, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A process for reducing amount of transmission of data to/from an external storage is performed in a computer. The process includes: storing a plurality of data sets by deduplicating a plurality in the external storage, wherein two or more data sets selected in order generated are collected in an object; determining necessity/unnecessity of defragmentation in units of object group in which two or more objects are collected in order generated; when determining to execute defragmentation, executing first defragmentation processing of acquiring all of the objects included in the object group as first objects from the external storage, combining valid data set having a number of references of 1 or more included in the first objects based on the order generated and the number of references to regenerate one or more second object, and storing the second object in place of the first objects in the external storage.