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Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 23, 2023
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Imran Imtiaz, Manchester, GB;

Anuj Chandra, Pune, IN;

Miles Mulholland, Eastleigh, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06F 2201/84 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method, system, computer program product and computer program for managing a storage system, comprising a primary system and a backup system, wherein the backup system is in a copy relationship with the primary system, comprising: in response to a write operation, the write operation comprising first data: calculating a cryptographic value for the first data; scanning a first directory to identify an entry corresponding to the cryptographic value to determine a first set of addresses associated with the write operation; transmitting the first set of addresses to the backup system; and updating the first directory with a first entry for the write operation, the first entry comprising a pointer to the first set of addresses; updating a second directory with a second entry for the write operation, the second entry comprising a pointer to a second set of addresses corresponding to the first set of addresses.


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