System and method to support single instance storage operations

Details System and method to support single instance storage operations System and method to support single instance storage operations

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G06F 12/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2583912

Systems and methods for single instance storage operations are provided. Systems constructed in accordance with the principals of the present invention may process data containing a payload and associated metadata. Often, chunks of data are copied to traditional archive storage wherein some or all of the chunk, including the payload and associated metadata are copied to the physical archive storage medium. In some embodiments, chunks of data are designated for storage in single instance storage devices. The system may remove the encapsulation from the chunk and may copy the chunk payload to a single instance storage device. The single instance storage device may return a signature or other identifier for items copied from the chunk payload. The metadata associated with the chunk may be maintained in separate storage and may track the association between the logical identifiers and the signatures for the individual items of the chunk payload which may be generated by the single instance storage device.

L'invention porte sur des systèmes de stockage d'une seule et dernière version (SIS), et les procédés associés, de tels systèmes conformes aux principes de ladite invention, pouvant traiter des données contenant une charge utile et les métadonnées associées. Souvent les blocs de données sont stockés en totalité ou en partie dans des systèmes physiques d'archivage traditionnels y compris la charge utile et les métadonnées, et dans certaines exécutions, les blocs de données le sont dans des dispositifs (SIS). Un tel système élimine l'encapsulation d'un bloc puis effectue un stockage en dispositif SIS lequel retourne une signature ou un autre identificateur pour les éléments copiés à partir de la charge utile du bloc. Les métadonnées associées au bloc peuvent être conservées dans des stockages séparés et permettre de suivre l'association entre les identificateurs et signatures logiques des différents éléments de la charge utile du bloc pouvant être produits par le dispositif SIS.

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