Patent ID: 9195666
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: selecting a data unit stored at a local system for conversion to one or more data segments and an access file associated with the data unit, wherein the data unit is automatically selected based on one or more selection criteria selected from an access frequency of the data unit, an age of the data unit, or a size of the data unit; processing the data unit stored at the local system to generate the one or more data segments and the access file associated with the data unit, wherein each data segment of the one or more data segments represents a different portion of the data unit, and the one or more data segments are generated based on the following segment generation criteria: a size criteria that specifies a size for the one or more data segments, and a segmenting criteria that specifies a number of bytes at which the data unit is to be segmented to generate each data segment of the one or more data segments; storing the one or more data segments at one or more locations; computing a hash value for each data segment of the one or more data segments; assembling the access file, the access file comprising: