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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are provided for reporting space savings due to pattern matching in storage systems. For example, in one embodiment, an exemplary method comprises, when a given allocation unit in a storage system matches one or more predefined patterns, (i) setting a corresponding pattern flag for the given allocation unit, and (ii) incrementing at least one pattern counter; generating at least one snapshot of at least a portion of a file comprising the given allocation unit; and determining a range of data reduction attributed to pattern matching based on said at least one pattern counter, wherein one extreme of said range of data reduction attributed to pattern matching excludes said one or more predefined patterns in said at least one snapshot.