Patent ID: 9223794
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: G06F,H03M,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising a first deduplication and storage appliance including a first deduplication processor and a first memory communicatively coupled to the first deduplication processor; the first deduplication and storage appliance receiving a data stream from at least one server in a plurality of servers, the plurality of servers being communicatively coupled to the first deduplication and storage appliance, the data stream including a plurality of zones, each zone in the plurality of zone being represented by a zone stamp and being characterized by a predetermined minimum and maximum zone size and a predetermined minimum and maximum zone stamp length; the first deduplication processor delta-compressing zones in the received data stream based on a determination that a zone in the plurality of zones the first memory storing zones delta-compressed by the first deduplication processor.