Patent ID: 8650157
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for deduplicating data transported via physical storage media, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying data stored on a storage device at a first physical location that is to be: identifying a deduplication agent preloaded onto the physical storage medium by a storage vendor; deduplicating the identified data using the deduplication agent preloaded onto the physical storage medium by the storage vendor, wherein deduplicating the identified data comprises: storing the deduplicated data on the physical storage medium; after the physical storage medium has been physically transported from the first physical location to the second physical location via the physical storage medium, transferring the deduplicated data from the physical storage medium to the storage device at the second physical location.