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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Applicants:
Sazzala Reddy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Umesh Maheshwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward K. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
R. Hugo Patterson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Sazzala Reddy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Umesh Maheshwari, San Jose, CA (US);
Edward K. Lee, Mountain View, CA (US);
R. Hugo Patterson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Cluster storage is disclosed. A data stream or a data block is received. The data stream or the data block is broken into segments. For each segment, a cluster node is selected, and a portion of the segment smaller than the segment is identified that is a duplicate of a portion of a segment already managed by the cluster node.