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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Mark L. Yakushev, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mark L. Yakushev, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Los Gatos, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for identifying modified chunks in a data set for storage. Modifications are received to at least one of the chunks in the data set. A determination is made of at least one range of least one of the chunks including data affected by the modifications determination is made as to whether at least one chunk outside of the at least one range has changed. For each determined at least one chunk outside of the at least one range that has changed, a determination is made of at least one new chunk and a new digest of the at least one new chunk and information is added on the at least one new chunk and information to locate the new chunk in the data set.