Patent ID: 8280926
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for classifying data from a backup application for de-duplication of redundant data based on one or more characteristics of the data, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a backup data object from a backup application, wherein the backup application created the backup data object, and a data object characteristic of the backup data object is not known to the computing device; determining the data object characteristic of the backup data object based on metadata associated with the backup data object; selecting a de-duplication domain from a plurality of de-duplication domains based at least in part on the data object characteristic of the backup data object, wherein each de-duplication domain from the plurality of de-duplication domains is associated with: directing the backup data object to the selected de-duplication domain for de-duplication, wherein the selected de-duplication domain executes the de-duplication method that is associated with the selected de-duplication domain to de-duplicate redundant data among the backup data object, and one or more other backup data objects also directed to the selected de-duplication domain, based on the data object characteristic associated with the selected de-duplication domain.