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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2011
Anand Nadathur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ken Owens, Burlington, CA;
Yasemin Ugur Ozekinci, Burlington, CA;
Anand Nadathur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ken Owens, Burlington, CA;
Yasemin Ugur Ozekinci, Burlington, CA;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Backing up data blocks is disclosed, including: receiving an indication that a first backed up data block is to be processed; determining that the first backed up data block and a second backed up data block are related at an application level and are to remain stored together; and processing together the first and second backed up data blocks based at least in part on the determination that the first and second backed up data blocks are related at an application level and are to remain stored together.