CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) [G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 16/172 (2019.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a plurality of files to be restored in a deduplication backup system;
inserting read requests for a plurality of small files in a prefetch queue;
creating an intent to read a file of the plurality of small files using a file handle comprising a pathname for the file and a destination handle specifying where file data is to be read into;
passing the file handle, an offset, and a length and the destination handle to a file server;
processing a prefetch request in the file server to bring the file data into memory before closing the file; and
processing a read request in a file system to read the file data from memory.
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