Method and system for handling object boundaries of a data stream to optimize deduplication

摘要

Techniques for deduplicating a data stream based on boundary markers embedded therein are described. According to one embodiment, a data stream is received from a client having a sequence of a plurality of data objects, where to data stream represents a file or a directory of one or more files of a file system associated with the client. In response, the data stream is deduplicated into a plurality of deduplicated chunks in view of boundaries of the data objects.