Patent ID: 9262423
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. In a computing environment, a method of storing files, the method comprising: identifying a file; determining, based on a header of the file, that the file is a compressed container file that includes a plurality of compressed files; identifying a hash calculated based on content of the compressed container file; using a first portion of the hash, identifyig a particular file storage account from among a plurality of file storage accounts under which the compressed container file will be stored; using a second portion of the hash, identifying a particular blob container from among a plurality of blob containers within the particular file storage account into which the compressed container file will be stored; renaming the compressed container file based on the hash, the compressed container file being renamed a file name that includes one or more portions of the hash; storing the compressed container file in the particular blob container within the particular file storage account; decompressing each of the plurality of compressed files from the compressed container file, to obtain a plurality of decompressed files; for each of the plurality of decompressed files: storing metadata linking each of the plurality of decompressed files to the compressed container file.