DEDUPLICATION VAULT STORAGE SEEDING
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1. A method of seeding a deduplication vault storage, the method comprising:
- seeding a vault storage with unique common blocks prior to storing any backups of storages in the vault storage, all of the unique common blocks having the same fixed length; and
storing, in the vault storage, each unique block from a source storage at a point in time that is not already duplicated in the vault storage.
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Abstract
Deduplication vault storage seeding. In one example embodiment, a method of seeding a deduplication vault storage includes seeding a vault storage with common blocks and storing, in the vault storage, each unique block from a source storage at a point in time that is not already duplicated in the vault storage.
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1. A method of seeding a deduplication vault storage, the method comprising:
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seeding a vault storage with unique common blocks prior to storing any backups of storages in the vault storage, all of the unique common blocks having the same fixed length; and storing, in the vault storage, each unique block from a source storage at a point in time that is not already duplicated in the vault storage. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of seeding a deduplication vault storage, the method comprising:
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seeding a vault storage with unique common blocks prior to storing any backups of storages in the vault storage, all of the unique common blocks having the same fixed length; analyzing each allocated block stored in a source storage at a point in time to determine if the block is duplicated in the vault storage; and storing, in the vault storage, each unique nonduplicate block from the source storage. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of seeding a deduplication vault storage, the method comprising:
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seeding a vault storage with unique common blocks prior to storing any backups of storages in the vault storage, all of the unique common blocks having the same fixed length; analyzing, after the seeding, each allocated block stored in a source storage at a point in time to determine if the block is duplicated in the vault storage; and storing, in the vault storage, each unique nonduplicate block from the source storage. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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