Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for searching for a data stream dividing point based on a server. In the embodiments of the present invention, a data stream dividing point is searched for by determining whether at least a part of data in a window of M windows meets a preset condition, and when the at least a part of data in the window does not meet the preset condition, a length of N*U is skipped, so as to obtain a next potential dividing point, thereby improving efficiency of searching for a data stream dividing point.