Patent ID: 8954398
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for managing deduplication reference data, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a plurality of data containers configured to store a plurality of deduplicated data segments that are referenced by a plurality of data objects within a deduplicated data system; maintaining a plurality of reference databases, the plurality of reference databases comprising: determining that a data object references at least one data segment within a first data container within the first subset of the plurality of data containers but that the data object does not reference any data segment within a second data container within the second subset of the plurality of data containers; updating the first reference database with information specifying that the data object references at least one data segment within at least one data container within the first subset of the plurality of data containers.