Pre-Fetching Data into a Memory

A system for pre-fetching stored data from a slower memory, the system comprising:

• a scan module configured to pre-scan received data at a first digital device to generate a sample fingerprint, the received data being received from a network;
• a search module configured to identify at least one stored fingerprint identical to the sample fingerprint, the at least one stored fingerprint corresponding to stored data in the slower memory;
• and
• a duplication module configured to copy the stored data corresponding to the sample fingerprint from the slower memory into a faster memory.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor for performing a method for pre-fetching stored data from a slower memory into a faster memory, the method comprising:

• receiving data from a network at a first digital device, the first digital device comprising at least one slower memory and at least one faster memory;
• pre-scanning the received data to generate a sample fingerprint;
• determining that the received data is not stored in the at least one faster memory;
• comparing the sample fingerprint with a plurality of stored fingerprints in the slower memory to identify a fingerprint match;
• and
• copying stored data associated with the sample fingerprint from the slower memory into the faster memory.