Patent ID: 11943290
Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. A storage system comprising:
one or more processors;
memory; and
one or more programs stored in the memory configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
receiving a request to delete a first object associated with a first location of a data store;
identifying, based on a set of one or more records identifying locations of objects stored by the storage system, one or more replicas of the first object that are associated with locations of the storage system that are different from the first location;
determining whether all of the one or more replicas are designated for de-duplication;
storing a copy of the first object at a second location different from the first location when all of the one or more replicas are designated for de-duplication; and
deleting the first object from the first location.