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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 03, 2010
Randy Yen-pang Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Jung, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Mulam, San Jose, CA (US);
Randy Yen-pang Chou, San Jose, CA (US);
Steve Jung, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Mulam, San Jose, CA (US);
Panzura, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed embodiments describe interactions and synchronization techniques for global deduplication file systems. In one embodiment of the invention, a method and system implements a global deduplication file system between a plurality of interconnected systems located in different locations globally by making use of the deduplication dictionary included in metadata being periodically snapshot. In yet another embodiment of the invention, a method implements a global deduplication file system between a plurality of interconnected systems located in different locations globally and provides appropriate read/write locks.