Adaptive tracking of data patterns for deduplication

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a controller of a memory system, a command to write data to volatile memory of the memory system;
• comparing, by the controller, the data to one or more data patterns to identify whether the data matches a data pattern of the one or more data patterns;
• incrementing, by the controller, a reference counter associated with the data pattern based on identifying that the data matches the data pattern;
• and
• writing, by the controller and based on identifying that a measure flag associated with the data pattern is set, the data to the volatile memory.

A system, comprising:

• volatile memory;
• and
• a compute express link (CXL) controller, comprising:
• a CXL interface;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive a command to write data to the volatile memory;
• compare the data to one or more data patterns to identify whether the data matches a data pattern of the one or more data patterns;
• increment a reference counter associated with the data pattern based on identifying that the data matches the data pattern;
• and
• write, based on identifying that a measure flag associated with the data pattern is set, the data to the volatile memory.