Techniques for improving deduplication efficiency in a storage system with multiple storage nodes

Techniques for selecting a storage node of a storage system to store data include applying a first function to at least some data chunks of an extent to provide respective first values for each of the at least some data chunks. A storage node, included within multiple storage nodes of a storage syst...

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Main Authors Walls Andrew D, Koltsidas Ioannis, Stoica Radu, Song Cheng-Chung, Tomic Sasa, Ioannou Nikolas, Pletka Roman A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.02.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Techniques for selecting a storage node of a storage system to store data include applying a first function to at least some data chunks of an extent to provide respective first values for each of the at least some data chunks. A storage node, included within multiple storage nodes of a storage system, is selected to store the extent based on a majority vote derived from the respective first values.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715625001