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Data Deduplication in a Virtualization Environment

  • US 20120151177A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2010
  • Published: 06/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • mounting a virtualized storage file to provide a virtual disk that includes a plurality of hosted files;

    mapping each hosted file of the plurality of hosted files to one or more of a plurality of regions of the virtualized storage file;

    assigning a plurality of optimization designations to the plurality of respective regions, each optimization designation being assigned to the respective region based on at least one property of the hosted file that is mapped to that region, each optimization designation indicating an extent to which the respective region is to be optimized; and

    optimizing each region to the extent that is indicated by the respective optimization designation that is assigned to that region.

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