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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DE-DUPLICATED DATA SET AND PRESERVING METADATA FOR PROCESSING THE DE-DUPLICATED DATA SET

  • US 20110218973A1
  • Filed: 03/02/2011
  • Published: 09/08/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for de-duplicating and storing data, comprising the steps of:

  • reading the contents of a data file;

    generating a hash value for the data file;

    comparing the hash value with existing hash values;

    storing the data file if its hash value does not match an existing hash value;

    extracting metadata from the stored data file; and

    storing the metadata and associating the metadata with the data file'"'"'s hash value such that the metadata can be queried to identify the corresponding data file.

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