VMware, Inc.
NETWORK TRAFFIC OPTIMIZATION USING DEDUPLICATION INFORMATION FROM A STORAGE SYSTEM

Abstract:

The technology disclosed herein enables optimization of network traffic by deduplicating data for transmission using deduplication information generated by a storage system from which the data is being transferred. In a particular embodiment, a method provides, in a network traffic optimizer, receiving first data from a first storage system for transmission over the communication network. The first storage system performed a deduplication process on the first data when storing the first data therein and the deduplication process generated first deduplication information for the first data. The method further provides deduplicating the first data using the first deduplication information in the first storage system and transmitting the first data over the communication network.