Patent ID: 8595314
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing fragmentation of stored data, comprising: intercepting data addressed to a server or to a computer via a communication network at a central appliance in response to a request for the data; determining whether a portion of the intercepted data is locally accessible to a branch appliance; generating instructions to build a response data if a portion of the intercepted data is locally accessible to the branch appliance, the response data including a combination of the intercepted data and locally accessible data; storing the response data on at least one temporary page in memory at the central appliance, wherein a temporary page is a memory page for which a determination has not been made whether to store or discard the data; and transmitting from the central appliance to the branch appliance a deferred store instruction, wherein the deferred store instruction comprises: