Patent ID: 8712974
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a device of a plurality of devices in a distributed data replication system, the method comprising: storing, by the device, an index of objects stored in the distributed data replication system, conducting, by the device, a scan of a first portion of the index; identifying, by the device, a redundant replica of at least one of the objects based on the scan of the first portion of the index; deleting, by the device, a first record from the first portion of the index based on identifying the redundant replication of the at least one of the objects, writing, by the device, a second record to the first portion of the index based on identifying the redundant replica of the at least one of the objects, replicating, by the device, the first portion of the index to each of the plurality of devices to cause the redundant replica to be de-duplicated.