Managing deduplication operations based on a likelihood of duplicability
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorsGabriel Zvi BenHanokh, Orit Wasserman
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Abstract
Deduplication operations can be managed based on a likelihood of duplicability. For example, a computing device can generate, by a container of a storage system, an indication of duplicability corresponding to a likelihood of duplicability for the data unit in the storage system. The computing device can transmit the indication of duplicability to a storage node of the storage system for performing an operation based on the indication of duplicability.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory including instructions that are executable by the processor for causing the processor to:
- generate, by a container of a storage system, a write request for storing a data unit in a storage node of the storage system, the write request including an indication of duplicability corresponding to a likelihood of duplicability for the data unit in the storage system, the likelihood of duplicability being a qualitative or quantitative representation of the data unit being duplicated in the storage system;
- and
- transmit, by the container, the write request to the storage node of the storage system for performing an operation based on the indication of duplicability prior to evaluating the storage system for a duplicate of the data unit and storing the data unit in the storage node.
A method comprising:
- generating, by a container of a storage system, a write request for storing a data unit in a storage node of the storage system, the write request including an indication of duplicability corresponding to a likelihood of duplicability for the data unit in the storage system, the likelihood of duplicability being a qualitative or quantitative representation of the data unit being duplicated in the storage system;
- and
- transmitting, by the container, the write request to the storage node of the storage system for performing an operation based on the indication of duplicability prior to evaluating the storage system for a duplicate of the data unit and storing the data unit in the storage node.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processor for causing the processor to:
- generate, by a container of a storage system, a write request for storing a data unit in a storage node of the storage system, the write request including an indication of duplicability corresponding to a likelihood of duplicability for the data unit in the storage system, the likelihood of duplicability being a qualitative or quantitative representation of the data unit being duplicated in the storage system;
- and
- transmit, by the container, the write request to the storage node of the storage system for performing an operation based on the indication of duplicability prior to evaluating the storage system for a duplicate of the data unit and storing the data unit in the storage node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.