DE-DUPLICATING MULTI-DEVICE PLUGIN

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15260200

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Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for implementing deduplicating multi-device plugin. Methods may include receiving a data storage request identifying a data block for storage in a virtual device, where the virtual device is created by a multiple device driver capable of generating a plurality of virtual devices based on a plurality of underlying physical storage devices and a plurality of remote devices. The methods may also include determining, using one or more processors, whether the data block has already been stored in the virtual device created by the multiple device driver. The methods may further include updating, using the one or more processors, a blockmap based on the determining, the blockmap representing a plurality of data blocks stored in the virtual device.

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QUEST SOFTWARE INC4 POLARIS WAY ALISO VIEJO CA 92656

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Dinkar, Abhijit San Jose, US 18 143
Tripathy, Tarun Kumar Newark, US 11 3568

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