Patent Document ID: 8977891
Application ID: 13923242
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for restoring data, comprising: determining an object to be recovered from a data resource system, wherein the data resource system stores a plurality of hashes of stored objects that share the same content; determining a representation of the object based at least in part on the plurality of hashes, wherein at least a portion of the object to be recovered shares the same content as one or more other objects stored in the data resource system, and wherein the representation of the object includes the shared content; determining a best data resource system, comprising: determining whether the portion of the object to be recovered is stored in a plurality of data resource systems; and in the event that the portion of the object to be recovered shares the same content as the one or more other objects is stored in the plurality of data resource systems, determining the best data resource system based on a factor; and requesting the representation of the object from the best data resource system.