- Patent Title: De-duplication systems and methods for application-specific data
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Application No.: US13931654Application Date: 2013-06-28
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Publication No.: US09405763B2Publication Date: 2016-08-02
- Inventor: Anand Prahlad , Manoj Kumar Vijayan , Rajiv Kottomtharayil , Parag Gokhale
- Applicant: CommVault Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Tinton Falls
- Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Commvault Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Tinton Falls
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30 ; G06F11/14

Abstract:
Content-aware systems and methods for improving de-duplication, or single instancing, in storage operations. In certain examples, backup agents on client devices parse application-specific data to identify data objects that are candidates for de-duplication. The backup agents can then insert markers or other indictors in the data that identify the location(s) of the particular data objects. Such markers can, in turn, assist a de-duplication manager to perform object-based de-duplication and increase the likelihood that like blocks within the data are identified and single instanced. In other examples, the agents can further determine if a data object of one file type can or should be single-instanced with a data object of a different file type. Such processing of data on the client side can provide for more efficient storage and back-end processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130290280A1 DE-DUPLICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-SPECIFIC DATA Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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