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US 2021/0344756 A1Published application
Efficient transfer to and from a deduplicated cloud storage system
AssigneeEMC IP Holding Company LLC
InventorsKimberly R. Lu, Nicholas A. Noto, Philip N. Shilane
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Abstract
Efficient data transfer is disclosed. A server provides an endpoint for a client. The client can communicate with a cloud storage system through the server rather than connect directly to the cloud storage system. The server is configured to perform requests in a manner that reduces the amount of data transferred to and from the cloud storage system.
Claims6
A method for transferring objects to and from a cloud storage system, the method comprising:
- receiving a request from a client at a server with regard to an object, wherein the client is configured to direct the request to an endpoint of the server;
- determining a request type of the request by the server;
- performing data transfer operations based on the determined request type, wherein the data transfer operations are configured to reduce an amount of data transferred between the server and the cloud storage system;
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- transferring the data based on a protocol associated with a cloud provider;
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- storing the data in accordance with a protocol of the cloud storage system.
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