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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Asaf Porat-Stoler, Tel Aviv, IL;
Yosef Shatsky, Karnei Shomron, IL;
Avraham Bab-Dinitz, Rehovot, IL;
Omer Haklay, Shoham, IL;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods that can provide distributed data deduplication reference counting are disclosed herein. One method includes generating, by a processor, a secondary reference in response to a determination that a data chunk is a copy of the primary reference in which the primary reference includes a pointer to an existing data chunk stored on a storage device. The method further includes incrementing a secondary reference counter on the primary reference in response to generating the secondary reference. Apparatus and computer program products that can include, perform, and/or implement the methods are also disclosed herein.