Backup and restoration for a deduplicated file system
First Claim
1. A method of backing up data from a source file system of a computer device to a backup data storage system, the method comprising:
- checking whether a source file is locally stored on the source file system in a local deduplicated format of the source file system;
when the checking indicates that the source file is stored in the local deduplicated format, thendetermining a block size value used to store the source file in the deduplicated format;
accessing, without a file read/write assistance from an operating system running on the computer device, a local deduplication database to determine a location of a first data chunk of the source file stored in the deduplicated format on a local storage device; and
,backing up the source file by accessing and selectively transferring the first data chunk and successive data chunks of the source file by;
transferring a given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was not deduplicated; and
transferring a deduplication record, without transferring the given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was deduplicated; and
when the check indicates that the source file is locally stored without deduplication on the computer device, then backing up the source file by transferring data chunks of the source file to the backup data storage system and performing deduplication on the data chunks of the source file.
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Abstract
The disclosed techniques that can use deduplication information on a source computer platform to improve the process of performing data backups or restoration from/to the computer platform. In one example aspect, a data backup operation can re-use some of the work already done by a source computer'"'"'s deduplication system. For example, a storage operation could read a deduplication database on the source computer platform to determine the duplicativeness of a given data chunk being transferred to a backup storage system, without having to perform computations such as data chunk hashing and comparison with previously generated hashes. The technique may additionally or alternatively reuse hashes generated by the source computer during deduplication of the data file on the source computer'"'"'s file system during deduplication at the external backup storage system.
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1. A method of backing up data from a source file system of a computer device to a backup data storage system, the method comprising:
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checking whether a source file is locally stored on the source file system in a local deduplicated format of the source file system; when the checking indicates that the source file is stored in the local deduplicated format, then determining a block size value used to store the source file in the deduplicated format; accessing, without a file read/write assistance from an operating system running on the computer device, a local deduplication database to determine a location of a first data chunk of the source file stored in the deduplicated format on a local storage device; and
,backing up the source file by accessing and selectively transferring the first data chunk and successive data chunks of the source file by; transferring a given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was not deduplicated; and transferring a deduplication record, without transferring the given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was deduplicated; and when the check indicates that the source file is locally stored without deduplication on the computer device, then backing up the source file by transferring data chunks of the source file to the backup data storage system and performing deduplication on the data chunks of the source file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing system for backing up data from a source file system of a computer device to a backup data storage system, the system comprising:
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at least one processor; memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores contents that, when executed by the at least one processor performs a method of; determining a list of source files to be backed up in a source directory; for each source file on the list of source files to be backed up; checking whether the source file is locally stored on the source file system in a deduplicated format, wherein at least some file on the source file system are deduplicated by a deduplication module of the source file system; and when the checking indicates that the source file is stored in the deduplicated format, then accessing a local deduplication database to determine locations of data chunks of the source file stored in the deduplicated format on a local storage device; backing up the source file to the backup data storage system by;
transferring a given data chunk of the source file to the backup data storage system, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was not deduplicated; and
transferring a deduplication record, without transferring the given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was deduplicated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying instructions to perform a method in a computing system for backing up data from a source file system of a computer device to a backup data storage system, the method comprising:
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checking whether a source file is locally stored on the source file system in a local deduplicated format of the source file system; and when the checking indicates that the source file is stored in the local deduplicated format, then determining a block size value used to store the source file in the deduplicated format; accessing, without a file read/write assistance from an operating system running on the computer device, a local deduplication database to determine locations of data chunks of the source file stored in the deduplicated format on a local storage device; and
,backing up the source file by accessing and selectively transferring the data chunks of the source file by; transferring a given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was not deduplicated; and transferring a deduplication record, without transferring the given data chunk, if the local deduplication database indicates that the given data chunk was deduplicated. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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