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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2012
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Feng Guo, Shanghai, CN;
Qiyan Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Mandavilli Navneeth Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Lintao Wan, Shanghai, CN;
Dong Xiang, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30156 (2013.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01);
Abstract
Backup data is processed by obtaining a set of metadata associated with backup data. A locality-sensitive hash key is generated for the backup data based at least in part on the set of metadata. The backup data is assigned to one of a plurality of deduplication nodes based at least in part on the locality-sensitive hash key.