Method for duplicate removal and space saving of byte blocks of backup data

Abstract

The invention discloses a backup data byte block de-duplication space-saving method, which comprises the following steps of: S1, inputting original backup data in a byte stream form, extracting data fragments by adopting a sliding window, and carrying out Hash pre-screening; s2, inputting the pre-screened fragment into a pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model, and generating a semantic feature vector; s3, constructing a semantic feature sequence, inputting the semantic feature sequence into an arctic fox optimization algorithm, and determining a block boundary set; s4, dividing the data blocks according to the boundary, and constructing a duplicate removal index table; s5, judging whether the data blocks are repeated according to the semantic similarity, if so, marking the data blocks as reference blocks, and if not, writing the data blocks into the backup pool and updating the index table; and S6, additionally generating a CRC32 check code for each data block, wherein the CRC32 check code is used for integrity check and reversible reconstruction preparation. According to the method, deep semantic analysis and intelligent boundary optimization are combined, the duplicate removal precision is improved, storage redundancy is reduced, and efficient and reliable backup data management is achieved.

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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of data processing, and in particular to a method for slicing and deduplicating backup data bytes to save space. Background Art

[0002] In data storage and backup systems, data deduplication technology has become an important means of optimizing storage space efficiency. Traditional data deduplication methods can be categorized as file-level, block-level, and byte-level. Block-level deduplication, due to its superior granularity and space compression capabilities, has been widely adopted in enterprise backup systems, cloud storage platforms, and distributed storage architectures.

[0003] Existing block-level deduplication technologies typically use fixed-length chunking or content-defined chunking mechanisms. Fixed chunking is simple to implement and computationally efficient, but it can easily lead to "offset contamination" in scenarios involving data insertion, offset perturbations, or local modifications, resulting in duplicate recognition failure. The CDC mechanism dynamically determines block boundaries using a sliding window and anchor point rules. While this can alleviate the offset problem to a certain extent, its reliance on hashing patterns to locate anchor points leads to defects such as "anchor point stuck," unstable boundaries, and uneven block granularity, which can easily lead to a decrease in deduplication rate and an increase in storage redundancy.

[0004] With the advancement of deep learning and semantic modeling, some research has begun to explore modeling the "similarity" of data blocks as the distance between semantic feature vectors, replacing traditional binary equivalent matching logic. While these approaches offer some improvement, their segmentation methods are often still based on CDC or predefined rules, lacking adaptive boundary optimization capabilities. Furthermore, model outputs are difficult to directly embed into deduplication indexing systems, impacting the overall system's practicality and scalability.

[0005] Optimizing block boundaries to improve data block stability has also become a research focus in recent years. Existing technologies have attempted to use greedy heuristics or graph optimization models for boundary screening. However, due to the locality of the algorithms and insufficient representation capabilities, their global modeling and boundary reasoning for highly redundant byte stream data still suffer from low accuracy, high computational complexity, and a lack of semantic interpretation.

[0006] Furthermore, in actual deployments, data integrity verification, reconstruction reversibility assurance, index query efficiency, and inter-block reference accuracy have become key technical bottlenecks in building a stable and efficient backup system. Currently, there is a lack of a technical approach that integrates semantic representation, boundary optimization, and structured deduplication indexing.

[0007] Therefore, how to provide a method for slicing and deduplicating backup data bytes to save space is an urgent problem that needs to be solved by those skilled in the art. Summary of the Invention

[0008] One purpose of the present invention is to propose a method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into blocks to save space. The present invention has the data deduplication effect of high stability of slicing boundaries, accurate recognition of semantic similarity, and complete and reconfigurable index structure.

[0009] A method for deduplicating backup data bytes and saving space according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

[0010] S1. Input the original backup data as a byte stream, use a fixed-size sliding window mechanism to extract continuous data segments, perform hash function processing on each data segment, and filter potential duplicate segments using a preset threshold;

[0011] S2. Input the data segments pre-screened by hashing into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model to generate semantic feature vectors corresponding to each data segment;

[0012] S3. Arrange all semantic feature vectors in order to construct a semantic feature sequence, and input it into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm to determine the segmentation boundary set through a heuristic search mechanism;

[0013] S4. Divide the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, generate a logical hash value for each data block, and build a deduplication index table containing block semantic representation, physical offset, logical hash, and storage mapping by combining the semantic vector and block location information.

[0014] S5. For each newly identified data block, determine whether a semantically similar block already exists in the deduplication index table. If so, mark it as a reference block and record the mapping address. If not, mark it as a newly added block and write it to the backup pool, while updating the index table entry.

[0015] S6. Generate a CRC32 check code for each data block for integrity verification during data reconstruction, and complete the reversible reconstruction preparation of the data structure based on the mapping relationship provided by the deduplication index table.

[0016] Optionally, the S1 specifically includes:

[0017] S11. Input the original backup data into the preprocessing channel in the form of a byte stream, and configure the sliding window parameters according to the source type of the backup data. Initialize the first-level sliding window size to 64 bytes and the second-level sliding window size to 128 bytes.

[0018] S12. Use a layered sliding window mechanism to perform parallel scanning on the input byte stream. The first-level sliding window extracts continuously with a step size of 1 byte to construct the basic segment. The second-level sliding window extracts with a step size of 4 bytes to establish the segment context-aware area.

[0019] S13. For each data segment extracted by the primary sliding window, collect the starting offset position, the ending offset position, and the data fluctuation gradient value within the coverage range of the secondary sliding window, and calculate the local variation coefficient of the corresponding segment;

[0020] S14. Determine whether the current data segment meets the stability segment characteristic requirement based on the local variation coefficient and a preset stability determination threshold, and perform hash function processing only on the segment that meets the requirement, wherein the hash function is a non-encrypted 32-bit hash function;

[0021] S15. Construct a hash value queue based on the feature values ​​of the hashed fragments, and use a reconstruction-aware sampling strategy to perform differential screening on the hash value queue, retaining only the extreme value point of the gradient change and several hash values ​​before and after it as valid judgment samples, and discarding the rest;

[0022] S16. Set a multi-interval hash value threshold set based on the difference distribution, map the retained valid hash value to the corresponding interval threshold range, and determine whether the current segment is a potential duplicate segment based on the mapping result. If it belongs to the determined duplicate range within any interval, it is marked as a candidate segment.

[0023] Optionally, the S2 specifically includes:

[0024] S21. Performing a complexity assessment on the data segments pre-screened by hashing, wherein the complexity assessment is based on a change density value calculated from a byte change rate within the segment, and classifying the data segments into three categories: high-complexity segments, medium-complexity segments, and low-complexity segments according to a preset segmentation threshold;

[0025] S22, inputting high-complexity segments into a high-perceptual encoding path, medium-complexity segments into a medium-perceptual encoding path, and low-complexity segments into a low-perceptual encoding path. The three encoding paths are respectively set with different convolutional network layer depths, attention mechanism strengths, and normalization strategies to perform differentiated semantic feature extraction;

[0026] S23. Normalize the data segments in each coding path and convert them into a fixed-length one-dimensional real number vector structure. Then, input them into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model in sequence to complete feature inference with the corresponding coding path to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector.

[0027] S24. Calculate information entropy on the preliminary semantic feature vector. The information entropy is the Shannon entropy of the feature distribution within the segment. If the entropy is higher than a preset redundancy threshold, perform feature compression to retain only the top N principal component dimensions in the feature vector and discard the remaining dimensions.

[0028] S25, performing Euclidean distance matching on the retained semantic feature vector and the set of fragment prior feature vectors accumulated during the model training phase. If the matching deviation exceeds twice the internal standard deviation of the set, a reflow path is triggered to correct and reconstruct the semantic feature vector.

[0029] S26. Output the semantic feature vector after principal component compression and prior vector correction, and cache it in sequence according to the original segment order.

[0030] Optionally, the S22 specifically includes:

[0031] S221: Input the high-complexity segment, the medium-complexity segment, and the low-complexity segment into the corresponding high-perception coding path, the medium-perception coding path, and the low-perception coding path, respectively. The three types of coding paths are structurally configured as independent convolutional network branch structures isolated from each other.

[0032] S222. In the high-perception coding path, a two-stage convolutional coding structure including a residual feedback mechanism is constructed. A three-layer convolutional network is set in the first stage, and a two-layer convolutional network is set in the second stage. Each layer is sequentially connected to a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. The output of the first stage is directly input to the starting layer of the second stage convolution via a residual branch connection.

[0033] S223: Copy the first-stage convolution output in the high-perception coding path and inject it into the second-layer convolution structure of the medium-perception coding path, and perform a channel dimension alignment operation at the injection node;

[0034] S224. In the three perception paths, a normalization strategy is selected based on the byte mean deviation rate of the input segment. If the deviation rate is higher than the set deviation threshold, a Z-score normalization operation is performed. If the deviation rate is lower than the deviation threshold, a Min-Max normalization operation is performed.

[0035] S225. In the medium-perception encoding path and the low-perception encoding path, the number of convolutional network layers is set to 3 and 2 respectively. Each convolutional network layer is followed by a batch normalization layer and a Reluctant Luminance (ReLU) activation layer. The medium-perception path is configured with a 4-head attention mechanism, and the low-perception path is configured with a 2-head attention mechanism.

[0036] S226. The final convolution output results of the three types of encoding paths are uniformly converted into a one-dimensional floating-point vector structure, and a principal component analysis compression operation is performed on the floating-point vector, retaining the top N dimensions as the main feature representation, where N is a preset compression dimension value. After this processing, all path outputs are unified into semantic features of the same dimension.

[0037] Optionally, the DeepSketch neural network structure specifically includes:

[0038] Before the input tensor enters the first convolutional layer of the DeepSketch neural network, a relative position vector is constructed based on the offset position of the fragment in the original byte stream. The length of the relative position vector is consistent with the number of bytes in the original fragment, and the vector elements are set sequentially from 0 to L-1, where L is the fragment length. The vector is then mapped to the interval [0,1] through a maximum normalization operation and concatenated with the normalized real number tensor of the original fragment in the channel dimension to form a two-dimensional tensor with two input channels as the neural network input;

[0039] In the convolutional feature extraction stage, two parallel structures, a shallow convolution path and a deep convolution path, are configured. The shallow path contains a two-layer convolutional network, and the deep path contains a five-layer convolutional network. All convolutional layers are followed by a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. Before the fragment is input, the local gradient change rate of the input tensor is calculated. The local gradient change rate is the mean of the absolute differences between adjacent elements in the fragment. If the local gradient change rate is less than a preset complexity threshold, the shallow path is selected. If the local gradient change rate is greater than or equal to the preset complexity threshold, the deep path is selected to perform feature extraction.

[0040] After the convolutional structure output tensor is generated, three parallel semantic representation branch structures are set up, namely the short-range representation branch, the long-range representation branch, and the hybrid attention representation branch. The short-range representation branch performs a 1×1 convolution operation for local feature channel compression, the long-range representation branch performs a global average pooling operation to extract the overall statistical features of the sequence, and the hybrid attention representation branch performs a 4-head multi-head attention mechanism compression to obtain context-dependent features. The output results of the three branches are spliced ​​in the channel dimension and then passed through the mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic representation tensor;

[0041] Before generating the preliminary semantic representation tensor, the output tensor of the second convolution layer in the DeepSketch neural network is extracted, and a 1×1 convolution operation and a nonlinear activation operation are performed on the output tensor to form a feature enhancement vector. The feature enhancement vector is weightedly fused with the preliminary semantic representation tensor according to a proportional coefficient. The proportional coefficient is a parameter that can be learned and updated during the training process and is used to control the contribution ratio of the residual features. The weighted fusion result is input to the output mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector.

[0042] Optionally, the S3 specifically includes:

[0043] S31. Arrange the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to the data segments according to the physical order of the segments in the original byte stream to construct a semantic feature sequence, where the semantic feature sequence is a one-dimensional vector sequence whose length is the same as the number of segments, and each element in the sequence is a fixed-length floating-point vector;

[0044] S32, performing gradient analysis on the semantic feature sequence, and dividing the feature sequence into two structural regions: semantic stable segments and semantic jump segments according to the change rate threshold between adjacent vectors;

[0045] S33. In the semantic jump segment, a local sliding window is constructed to calculate the cosine similarity difference between consecutive vectors, and similarity fluctuation mutation points are extracted. The corresponding positions are recorded as the first round of boundary candidate point sets;

[0046] S34. Based on the first round of boundary candidate points, the contextual semantic fluctuation gradient is further introduced as a scoring factor to calculate the semantic confidence score of each candidate point. The candidate points are sorted from high to low according to the confidence score, and a preset percentage is set before screening to form the second round of boundary candidate point set;

[0047] S35. Input the second round of boundary candidate point set and the semantic feature sequence into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm, define each search individual in the search space as a boundary point index combination, and construct a multi-objective objective function to simultaneously optimize the three indicators of the number of repeated blocks, the total number of cut blocks, and boundary stability;

[0048] S36. In the initial population generation process of the optimization algorithm, a semantic confidence guidance method is adopted, with the high-confidence boundary point area as the main search starting area, supplemented by the low-confidence point perturbation expansion mechanism to build a diverse population;

[0049] S37. During each round of optimization, the output boundary point index set is recorded and the cumulative frequency of occurrence in the historical results of multiple rounds is calculated. A fitness weighted reward is given to the boundary points whose frequency is higher than the set threshold, which is used to adjust the priority of subsequent search paths.

[0050] S38. After reaching the maximum number of iterations or the fitness convergence condition, output the block boundary set corresponding to the individual with the highest current fitness.

[0051] Optionally, the S36 specifically includes:

[0052] S361, dividing the semantic confidence values ​​of all boundary points in the second round of boundary candidate point set into three gradient segments: a high confidence interval, a medium confidence interval, and a low confidence interval according to the numerical values, and constructing corresponding boundary point subset sets respectively;

[0053] S362. Assume that each population individual must be composed of boundary points selected from multiple gradient segments, and each individual contains at least one high-confidence boundary point, one medium-confidence boundary point, and one low-confidence boundary point, to construct a multi-layer combination structure across confidence intervals;

[0054] S363, performing a K-Means clustering operation on the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to all boundary points, with the number of clusters set to K, assigning each boundary point to a corresponding semantic cluster identifier according to the feature space distance, and recording the cluster distribution;

[0055] S364. When generating each population individual, the constraint boundary points must come from two different semantic clusters to enhance the global search capability;

[0056] S365: Perform structural uniqueness detection and redundancy filtering on the initially generated population individuals, remove individuals whose combination duplication with existing individual boundary points exceeds a set threshold, and perform reconstruction operations on individuals whose single confidence gradient span is insufficient;

[0057] S366. The complete population generated by the confidence gradient hierarchical control, semantic clustering constraints and redundant filtering mechanism is used as the initial search input of the Arctic fox optimization algorithm.

[0058] Optionally, the S4 specifically includes:

[0059] S41, dividing the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, and collecting a preset number of bytes in the boundary area of ​​each pair of adjacent data blocks to form a boundary intersection area, extracting semantic feature vectors from the boundary areas of adjacent data blocks to construct a fused semantic tail-head pair between adjacent blocks;

[0060] S42, performing a splicing operation on the internal semantic feature vector of each data block and the corresponding boundary fusion semantic tail-head pair to generate an enhanced semantic description vector for improving the distinguishing ability and stability of content matching near the boundary;

[0061] S43. When performing logical hash processing on each data block, the starting offset, length information, and local fluctuation coefficient tag of the data block are added to the unencrypted 32-bit hash value to construct an extended logical hash feature value.

[0062] S44, setting a dual-path mapping mechanism, generating two valid mapping addresses, a primary mapping path and a backup mapping path, for each data block according to the address strategy set by the system, which are used for mapping the primary write position and the data fault-tolerant reconstruction position respectively;

[0063] S45, performing principal component compression on the enhanced semantic description vector of each data block to extract the first N dimensions as semantic identification features, and encapsulating them together with the extended logical hash feature value, the physical offset triplet, and the dual-path mapping address into a structured index table entry;

[0064] S46. Add a semantic clustering overview summary field to the structured index entry, where the summary field is generated by the center coordinates of the cluster to which the corresponding semantic feature belongs;

[0065] S47. Write all constructed index table entries into the deduplication index table in sequence according to the physical order of the data blocks.

[0066] Optionally, the S5 specifically includes:

[0067] S51. For each newly identified data block, extract the semantic identification feature vectors of all historical blocks from the deduplication index table, construct a set of candidate matching vectors, and perform Euclidean distance calculation based on the semantic description vector of the current data block;

[0068] S52: Filter the Euclidean distance results according to a preset semantic similarity threshold. If any candidate vector is less than the threshold from the current vector, it is determined to be a semantically similar block, and the corresponding logical hash value and mapping address are recorded.

[0069] S53. When the current data block is determined to be a semantically similar block, it is marked as a reference block, and the reference relationship is registered in the current backup task metadata structure, including the logical hash of the referenced block, the physical location of the referenced block, and the original mapping address index;

[0070] S54. If no historical block meeting the semantic similarity condition is detected, the current data block is marked as a new block, and the content is written to the designated location of the backup pool, and a corresponding logical hash value and structured index item are generated.

[0071] S55: Align the structured index item content generated for each newly added block with the existing deduplication index table item field, write it to the end of the deduplication index table, and expand the index content;

[0072] S56: After the index update is completed, the index synchronization cache operation is performed in the order of the update time of the newly added entries in the index table.

[0073] Optionally, the S6 specifically includes:

[0074] S61. Perform a standard 32-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on each data block to be written to the backup pool. The CRC takes all bytes of the data block as input and generates a unique CRC32 checksum.

[0075] S62, encapsulating the generated CRC32 check code and the original content of the data block, and appending a check code field to the end of the data block structure, wherein the field length is fixed to 4 bytes and the little-endian storage format is adopted;

[0076] S63: Expand the integrity field of the index item of each data block, add a CRC32 check field, and write it into the backup task temporary check mapping table with the logical hash value as the index key;

[0077] S64. Based on the block mapping addresses recorded in the deduplication index table, uniformly locate the referenced blocks and the newly added blocks, and construct a data reconstruction task list, where each entry in the task list includes a logical hash, a storage address, and a CRC32 checksum.

[0078] S65. Before preparing to reconstruct the data structure, read the storage content of each block in the listed task list and recalculate the CRC32 value, and compare it with the original registered check code one by one;

[0079] S66. If the comparison is consistent, the data block is confirmed to be usable for the reversible reconstruction process. If the comparison is inconsistent, the entry is marked as pending repair and written into the abnormal block list;

[0080] S67. Arrange all data blocks that have passed the integrity check in the physical order in the index table, and construct an original byte stream recovery buffer as a basic input for the reversible reconstruction operation.

[0081] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0082] (1) The present invention introduces the DeepSketch neural network model to extract semantic features from the data fragments after hash filtering, and constructs a semantic feature vector sequence for similarity judgment, thereby realizing a data block recognition method based on "semantic similarity" rather than "complete content equivalence", effectively improving the deduplication recognition accuracy in the case of boundary offset or slight content change, and enhancing the system's adaptability to unstructured or weakly formatted data.

[0083] (2) The present invention adopts the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm to construct a multi-objective boundary optimization strategy based on the semantic feature sequence, dynamically generates a data segmentation boundary set, significantly improves the stability and consistency of the segmentation boundary, reduces the number of redundant blocks, improves the deduplication efficiency, and shows better boundary recovery accuracy in scenarios where there are highly repeated areas or frequent boundary dislocations in the data stream.

[0084] (3) In terms of deduplication index table construction, the present invention constructs a structured, multi-field, high-density deduplication index item by integrating the semantic representation, logical hash, physical offset and dual-path mapping address information of the data block and combining it with the cluster profile summary vector. It effectively solves the problems of the existing technology such as the single dimension of the index table structure information and the high error rate of duplicate matching, and achieves an overall improvement in accurate indexing, fast duplicate checking and stable reconstruction.

[0085] (4) In terms of data integrity protection, the present invention realizes reversibility detection and abnormal block isolation mechanism before reconstruction by additionally generating a standard CRC32 check code in the data block and establishing a two-way binding mechanism for the mapping table. This breaks through the technical limitation of the existing technology that lacks the ability to automatically verify and mark erroneous blocks in the data recovery process, and enhances the data consistency and fault tolerance of the backup system in a distributed environment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0086] The accompanying drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the specification. Together with the embodiments of the present invention, they are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In the accompanying drawings:

[0087] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall process of a method for slicing and deduplicating backup data bytes to save space proposed by the present invention;

[0088] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of the input and branch structure configuration of the DeepSketch neural network structure in a method for deduplicating backup data bytes proposed in the present invention;

[0089] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the strategy guidance and individual evolution process of the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm performing the block boundary search in the backup data byte block deduplication and space saving method proposed by the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0090] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are simplified schematic diagrams that illustrate the basic structure of the present invention in a schematic manner.

[0091] refer to Figure 1-Figure 3 A method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks to save space includes the following steps:

[0092] S1. Input the original backup data as a byte stream, use a fixed-size sliding window mechanism to extract continuous data segments, perform hash function processing on each data segment, and filter potential duplicate segments using a preset threshold;

[0093] S2. Input the data segments pre-screened by hashing into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model to generate semantic feature vectors corresponding to each data segment;

[0094] S3. Arrange all semantic feature vectors in order to construct a semantic feature sequence, and input it into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm to determine the segmentation boundary set through a heuristic search mechanism;

[0095] S4. Divide the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, generate a logical hash value for each data block, and build a deduplication index table containing block semantic representation, physical offset, logical hash, and storage mapping by combining the semantic vector and block location information.

[0096] S5. For each newly identified data block, determine whether a semantically similar block already exists in the deduplication index table. If so, mark it as a reference block and record the mapping address. If not, mark it as a newly added block and write it to the backup pool, while updating the index table entry.

[0097] S6. Generate a CRC32 check code for each data block for integrity verification during data reconstruction, and complete the reversible reconstruction preparation of the data structure based on the mapping relationship provided by the deduplication index table.

[0098] By introducing the DeepSketch neural network model to extract semantic feature vectors from data segments and combining it with the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm to perform boundary searches on feature sequences, a highly stable block structure is constructed, helping to improve the recognition accuracy of semantically similar data blocks. Furthermore, a deduplication index table is generated by combining logical hash values, physical offsets, and mapping addresses, enabling efficient duplicate detection and structured management of data blocks. Furthermore, an additional CRC32 checksum mechanism supports integrity verification before data reconstruction, helping to improve the reliability and reversibility of backup data.

[0099] In this embodiment, S1 specifically includes:

[0100] S11. Input the original backup data into the preprocessing channel in the form of a byte stream, and configure the sliding window parameters according to the source type of the backup data. Initialize the first-level sliding window size to 64 bytes and the second-level sliding window size to 128 bytes.

[0101] S12. Use a layered sliding window mechanism to perform parallel scanning on the input byte stream. The first-level sliding window extracts continuously with a step size of 1 byte to construct the basic segment. The second-level sliding window extracts with a step size of 4 bytes to establish the segment context-aware area.

[0102] S13. For each data segment extracted by the primary sliding window, collect the starting offset position, the ending offset position, and the data fluctuation gradient value within the coverage range of the secondary sliding window, and calculate the local variation coefficient of the corresponding segment;

[0103] S14. Determine whether the current data segment meets the stability segment characteristic requirement based on the local variation coefficient and a preset stability determination threshold, and perform hash function processing only on the segment that meets the requirement, wherein the hash function is a non-encrypted 32-bit hash function;

[0104] S15. Construct a hash value queue based on the feature values ​​of the hashed fragments, and use a reconstruction-aware sampling strategy to perform differential screening on the hash value queue, retaining only the extreme value point of the gradient change and several hash values ​​before and after it as valid judgment samples, and discarding the rest;

[0105] S16. Set a multi-interval hash value threshold set based on the difference distribution, map the retained valid hash value to the corresponding interval threshold range, and determine whether the current segment is a potential duplicate segment based on the mapping result. If it belongs to the determined duplicate range within any interval, it is marked as a candidate segment.

[0106] A layered sliding window mechanism extracts multi-granular fragments from the backup data byte stream. This is combined with a primary window to construct basic fragments and a secondary window to form a context-aware area, helping to improve the accuracy of fragment boundary identification. By collecting the start and end offset positions and data fluctuation gradient values ​​of each data fragment, the local variation coefficient is calculated. This is then combined with a stability threshold to filter out structurally stable fragments, avoiding redundant calculations. A hash value queue is constructed based on gradient extreme points and local difference hash samples, and a multi-interval threshold judgment mechanism is used to enhance the accuracy and consistency of candidate duplicate data fragment screening.

[0107] In this embodiment, S2 specifically includes:

[0108] S21. Performing a complexity assessment on the data segments pre-screened by hashing, wherein the complexity assessment is based on a change density value calculated from a byte change rate within the segment, and classifying the data segments into three categories: high-complexity segments, medium-complexity segments, and low-complexity segments according to a preset segmentation threshold;

[0109] S22, inputting high-complexity segments into a high-perceptual encoding path, medium-complexity segments into a medium-perceptual encoding path, and low-complexity segments into a low-perceptual encoding path. The three encoding paths are respectively set with different convolutional network layer depths, attention mechanism strengths, and normalization strategies to perform differentiated semantic feature extraction;

[0110] S23. Normalize the data segments in each coding path and convert them into a fixed-length one-dimensional real number vector structure. Then, input them into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model in sequence to complete feature inference with the corresponding coding path to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector.

[0111] S24. Calculate information entropy on the preliminary semantic feature vector. The information entropy is the Shannon entropy of the feature distribution within the segment. If the entropy is higher than a preset redundancy threshold, perform feature compression to retain only the top N principal component dimensions in the feature vector and discard the remaining dimensions.

[0112] S25, performing Euclidean distance matching on the retained semantic feature vector and the set of fragment prior feature vectors accumulated during the model training phase. If the matching deviation exceeds twice the internal standard deviation of the set, a reflow path is triggered to correct and reconstruct the semantic feature vector.

[0113] S26. Output the semantic feature vector after principal component compression and prior vector correction, and cache it in sequence according to the original segment order.

[0114] By evaluating the complexity of hash-filtered data segments and guiding encoding path selection in a hierarchical manner, the algorithm achieves differentiated encoding processing for high-, medium-, and low-complexity data segments, improving model processing efficiency and adaptability of semantic feature extraction. During the encoding process, normalization and information entropy reduction strategies are employed to effectively compress feature dimensions while retaining key semantic information and avoiding redundant proliferation. Similarity verification and vector correction are performed using a pre-built feature vector prior library, enhancing the stability of semantic representation and discriminant accuracy.

[0115] In this embodiment, the S22 specifically includes:

[0116] S221: Input the high-complexity segment, the medium-complexity segment, and the low-complexity segment into the corresponding high-perception coding path, the medium-perception coding path, and the low-perception coding path, respectively. The three types of coding paths are structurally configured as independent convolutional network branch structures isolated from each other.

[0117] S222. In the high-perception coding path, a two-stage convolutional coding structure including a residual feedback mechanism is constructed. A three-layer convolutional network is set in the first stage, and a two-layer convolutional network is set in the second stage. Each layer is sequentially connected to a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. The output of the first stage is directly input to the starting layer of the second stage convolution via a residual branch connection.

[0118] S223: Copy the first-stage convolution output in the high-perception coding path and inject it into the second-layer convolution structure of the medium-perception coding path, and perform a channel dimension alignment operation at the injection node;

[0119] S224. In the three perception paths, a normalization strategy is selected based on the byte mean deviation rate of the input segment. If the deviation rate is higher than the set deviation threshold, a Z-score normalization operation is performed. If the deviation rate is lower than the deviation threshold, a Min-Max normalization operation is performed.

[0120] S225. In the medium-perception encoding path and the low-perception encoding path, the number of convolutional network layers is set to 3 and 2 respectively. Each convolutional network layer is followed by a batch normalization layer and a Reluctant Luminance (ReLU) activation layer. The medium-perception path is configured with a 4-head attention mechanism, and the low-perception path is configured with a 2-head attention mechanism.

[0121] S226. The final convolution output results of the three types of encoding paths are uniformly converted into a one-dimensional floating-point vector structure, and a principal component analysis compression operation is performed on the floating-point vector, retaining the top N dimensions as the main feature representation, where N is a preset compression dimension value. After this processing, all path outputs are unified into semantic features of the same dimension.

[0122] For data segments of varying complexity, three types of convolutional encoding paths are set: high-perception, medium-perception, and low-perception. Each employs a different network structure depth and attention mechanism configuration, which helps improve the targetedness and efficiency of semantic feature extraction. Residual feedback and cross-path injection strategies are introduced during the processing of highly complex segments to enhance the semantic coupling between multiple layers of features. The normalization method is adaptively selected based on the input offset rate, enhancing the stability of the normalization process. Finally, a unified dimensional principal component compression mechanism is used to achieve standardization of the semantic vector output.

[0123] In this embodiment, the DeepSketch neural network structure specifically includes:

[0124] Before the input tensor enters the first convolutional layer of the DeepSketch neural network, a relative position vector is constructed based on the offset position of the fragment in the original byte stream. The length of the relative position vector is consistent with the number of bytes in the original fragment, and the vector elements are set sequentially from 0 to L-1, where L is the fragment length. The vector is then mapped to the interval [0,1] through a maximum normalization operation and concatenated with the normalized real number tensor of the original fragment in the channel dimension to form a two-dimensional tensor with two input channels as the neural network input;

[0125] In the convolutional feature extraction stage, two parallel structures, a shallow convolution path and a deep convolution path, are configured. The shallow path contains a two-layer convolutional network, and the deep path contains a five-layer convolutional network. All convolutional layers are followed by a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. Before the fragment is input, the local gradient change rate of the input tensor is calculated. The local gradient change rate is the mean of the absolute differences between adjacent elements in the fragment. If the local gradient change rate is less than a preset complexity threshold, the shallow path is selected. If the local gradient change rate is greater than or equal to the preset complexity threshold, the deep path is selected to perform feature extraction.

[0126] After the convolutional structure output tensor is generated, three parallel semantic representation branch structures are set up, namely the short-range representation branch, the long-range representation branch, and the hybrid attention representation branch. The short-range representation branch performs a 1×1 convolution operation for local feature channel compression, the long-range representation branch performs a global average pooling operation to extract the overall statistical features of the sequence, and the hybrid attention representation branch performs a 4-head multi-head attention mechanism compression to obtain context-dependent features. The output results of the three branches are spliced ​​in the channel dimension and then passed through the mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic representation tensor;

[0127] Before generating the preliminary semantic representation tensor, the output tensor of the second convolution layer in the DeepSketch neural network is extracted, and a 1×1 convolution operation and a nonlinear activation operation are performed on the output tensor to form a feature enhancement vector. The feature enhancement vector is weightedly fused with the preliminary semantic representation tensor according to a proportional coefficient. The proportional coefficient is a parameter that can be learned and updated during the training process and is used to control the contribution ratio of the residual features. The weighted fusion result is input to the output mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector.

[0128] By constructing offset position vectors and performing normalized concatenation before the DeepSketch neural network input, the model's ability to perceive the position information of byte fragments is enhanced. In the feature extraction path, shallow or deep convolution paths are adaptively selected based on the local gradient change rate, implementing a complexity-aware dynamic feature extraction strategy. A three-way semantic representation branch is set at the network output stage to extract short-range, long-range, and mixed semantic features, respectively, improving the diversity and context coverage of feature representation. Finally, the residual features are fused and corrected through a proportional coefficient constraint mechanism, further improving the discriminability and convergence stability of the feature vector.

[0129] In this embodiment, S3 specifically includes:

[0130] S31. Arrange the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to the data segments according to the physical order of the segments in the original byte stream to construct a semantic feature sequence, where the semantic feature sequence is a one-dimensional vector sequence whose length is the same as the number of segments, and each element in the sequence is a fixed-length floating-point vector;

[0131] S32, performing gradient analysis on the semantic feature sequence, and dividing the feature sequence into two structural regions: semantic stable segments and semantic jump segments according to the change rate threshold between adjacent vectors;

[0132] S33. In the semantic jump segment, a local sliding window is constructed to calculate the cosine similarity difference between consecutive vectors, and similarity fluctuation mutation points are extracted. The corresponding positions are recorded as the first round of boundary candidate point sets;

[0133] S34. Based on the first round of boundary candidate points, the contextual semantic fluctuation gradient is further introduced as a scoring factor to calculate the semantic confidence score of each candidate point. The candidate points are sorted from high to low according to the confidence score, and a preset percentage is set before screening to form the second round of boundary candidate point set;

[0134] S35. Input the second round of boundary candidate point set and the semantic feature sequence into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm, define each search individual in the search space as a boundary point index combination, and construct a multi-objective objective function to simultaneously optimize the three indicators of the number of repeated blocks, the total number of cut blocks, and boundary stability;

[0135] S36. In the initial population generation process of the optimization algorithm, a semantic confidence guidance method is adopted, with the high-confidence boundary point area as the main search starting area, supplemented by the low-confidence point perturbation expansion mechanism to build a diverse population;

[0136] S37. During each round of optimization, the output boundary point index set is recorded and the cumulative frequency of occurrence in the historical results of multiple rounds is calculated. A fitness weighted reward is given to the boundary points whose frequency is higher than the set threshold, which is used to adjust the priority of subsequent search paths.

[0137] S38. After reaching the maximum number of iterations or the fitness convergence condition, output the block boundary set corresponding to the individual with the highest current fitness.

[0138] By constructing semantic feature sequences and performing multiple rounds of gradient analysis and similarity calculations, the algorithm automatically distinguishes between semantically stable and transitional segments, enhancing the ability to identify semantic mutations in boundary regions. During boundary point screening, a two-round candidate point screening mechanism, combined with contextual fluctuation information, semantic confidence scoring, and a ranking strategy, helps improve the accuracy and stability of the segmentation boundaries. Furthermore, a semantic confidence-based diversity guidance strategy and a boundary point frequency penalty mechanism are introduced into the optimized search, enabling the search algorithm to more effectively explore the globally optimal boundary combination, improving semantic alignment and boundary segmentation quality.

[0139] In this embodiment, the S36 specifically includes:

[0140] S361, dividing the semantic confidence values ​​of all boundary points in the second round of boundary candidate point set into three gradient segments: a high confidence interval, a medium confidence interval, and a low confidence interval according to the numerical values, and constructing corresponding boundary point subset sets respectively;

[0141] S362. Assume that each population individual must be composed of boundary points selected from multiple gradient segments, and each individual contains at least one high-confidence boundary point, one medium-confidence boundary point, and one low-confidence boundary point, to construct a multi-layer combination structure across confidence intervals;

[0142] S363, performing a K-Means clustering operation on the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to all boundary points, with the number of clusters set to K, assigning each boundary point to a corresponding semantic cluster identifier according to the feature space distance, and recording the cluster distribution;

[0143] S364. When generating each population individual, the constraint boundary points must come from two different semantic clusters to enhance the global search capability;

[0144] S365: Perform structural uniqueness detection and redundancy filtering on the initially generated population individuals, remove individuals whose combination duplication with existing individual boundary points exceeds a set threshold, and perform reconstruction operations on individuals whose single confidence gradient span is insufficient;

[0145] S366. The complete population generated by the confidence gradient hierarchical control, semantic clustering constraints and redundant filtering mechanism is used as the initial search input of the Arctic fox optimization algorithm.

[0146] By dividing the second-round boundary candidate points into three gradient segments based on semantic confidence, and forcibly introducing multiple gradient boundary point combinations during population individual construction, the confidence distribution balance and boundary adaptability of the individual structure are improved. K-Means clustering is combined with a population diversity partition based on semantic feature space distance, enhancing local search jump-out capabilities. Furthermore, after population generation, structural uniqueness and element redundancy testing are performed to effectively filter out duplicate or single-gradient individuals, ensuring the distribution coverage of the initial solution space.

[0147] In this embodiment, the S4 specifically includes:

[0148] S41, dividing the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, and collecting a preset number of bytes in the boundary area of ​​each pair of adjacent data blocks to form a boundary intersection area, extracting semantic feature vectors from the boundary areas of adjacent data blocks to construct a fused semantic tail-head pair between adjacent blocks;

[0149] S42, performing a splicing operation on the internal semantic feature vector of each data block and the corresponding boundary fusion semantic tail-head pair to generate an enhanced semantic description vector for improving the distinguishing ability and stability of content matching near the boundary;

[0150] S43. When performing logical hash processing on each data block, the starting offset, length information, and local fluctuation coefficient tag of the data block are added to the unencrypted 32-bit hash value to construct an extended logical hash feature value.

[0151] S44, setting a dual-path mapping mechanism, generating two valid mapping addresses, a primary mapping path and a backup mapping path, for each data block according to the address strategy set by the system, which are used for mapping the primary write position and the data fault-tolerant reconstruction position respectively;

[0152] S45, performing principal component compression on the enhanced semantic description vector of each data block to extract the first N dimensions as semantic identification features, and encapsulating them together with the extended logical hash feature value, the physical offset triplet, and the dual-path mapping address into a structured index table entry;

[0153] S46. Add a semantic clustering overview summary field to the structured index entry, where the summary field is generated by the center coordinates of the cluster to which the corresponding semantic feature belongs;

[0154] S47. Write all constructed index table entries into the deduplication index table in sequence according to the physical order of the data blocks.

[0155] By collecting cross-region content at the data block boundary and extracting semantic vectors to construct fused semantic tail-to-head pairs, the semantic continuity representation capability of boundary regions is improved. Introducing multi-dimensional annotations such as start offset, length, and fluctuation coefficient into the logical hash generation process to construct extended hash features helps enhance the discriminative ability of duplicate detection. A dual-path mapping mechanism is used to allocate primary and backup storage addresses, improving the fault tolerance and stability of data addressing. Simultaneously, a structured index table is generated by combining principal component compression of semantic vectors with cluster summary annotations, achieving multi-field integration of semantic expression, physical positioning, and path mapping.

[0156] In this embodiment, the S5 specifically includes:

[0157] S51. For each newly identified data block, extract the semantic identification feature vectors of all historical blocks from the deduplication index table, construct a set of candidate matching vectors, and perform Euclidean distance calculation based on the semantic description vector of the current data block;

[0158] S52: Filter the Euclidean distance results according to a preset semantic similarity threshold. If any candidate vector is less than the threshold from the current vector, it is determined to be a semantically similar block, and the corresponding logical hash value and mapping address are recorded.

[0159] S53. When the current data block is determined to be a semantically similar block, it is marked as a reference block, and the reference relationship is registered in the current backup task metadata structure, including the logical hash of the referenced block, the physical location of the referenced block, and the original mapping address index;

[0160] S54. If no historical block meeting the semantic similarity condition is detected, the current data block is marked as a new block, and the content is written to the designated location of the backup pool, and a corresponding logical hash value and structured index item are generated.

[0161] S55: Align the structured index item content generated for each newly added block with the existing deduplication index table item field, write it to the end of the deduplication index table, and expand the index content;

[0162] S56: After the index update is completed, the index synchronization cache operation is performed in the order of the update time of the newly added entries in the index table.

[0163] By extracting historical semantic vectors and determining semantic similarity based on Euclidean distance, this approach enables precise differentiation between semantically similar blocks and non-duplicate blocks. For similar blocks, a reference relationship registration mechanism records the logical hash, physical address, and mapping path, avoiding redundant writing of duplicate data. Newly added blocks are automatically written to a backup pool and structured index entries are generated to ensure data block uniqueness. This structure introduces a field alignment mechanism and sequential write strategy for index table updates, helping to improve the integrity and consistency of index updates, enhancing deduplication efficiency and the manageability and controllability of backup data.

[0164] In this embodiment, S6 specifically includes:

[0165] S61. Perform a standard 32-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on each data block to be written to the backup pool. The CRC takes all bytes of the data block as input and generates a unique CRC32 checksum.

[0166] S62, encapsulating the generated CRC32 check code and the original content of the data block, and appending a check code field to the end of the data block structure, wherein the field length is fixed to 4 bytes and the little-endian storage format is adopted;

[0167] S63: Expand the integrity field of the index item of each data block, add a CRC32 check field, and write it into the backup task temporary check mapping table with the logical hash value as the index key;

[0168] S64. Based on the block mapping addresses recorded in the deduplication index table, uniformly locate the referenced blocks and the newly added blocks, and construct a data reconstruction task list, where each entry in the task list includes a logical hash, a storage address, and a CRC32 checksum.

[0169] S65. Before preparing to reconstruct the data structure, read the storage content of each block in the listed task list and recalculate the CRC32 value, and compare it with the original registered check code one by one;

[0170] S66. If the comparison is consistent, the data block is confirmed to be usable for the reversible reconstruction process. If the comparison is inconsistent, the entry is marked as pending repair and written into the abnormal block list;

[0171] S67. Arrange all data blocks that have passed the integrity check in the physical order in the index table, and construct an original byte stream recovery buffer as a basic input for the reversible reconstruction operation.

[0172] By performing a standard 32-bit CRC checksum generation on each data block and encapsulating the checksum value with the data content at the end of the data, independent recording and storage of data block integrity information is achieved. Combined with the index item extension mechanism, the CRC field is synchronously written into the index structure and reconstruction task list to ensure consistency verification and error detection before reconstruction. During the data reconstruction preparation process, the system can automatically compare the checksum value and filter out abnormal data blocks, enhancing the security and correctness of the reconstruction path. At the same time, the design of a mechanism for recovery based on physical order also helps to simplify the reconstruction logic and improve reconstruction efficiency.

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[0175] In order to verify the feasibility of the present invention in practice, the present invention was applied to the incremental backup system of a distributed data center to test its processing performance in block deduplication and recovery and reconstruction of large-scale log data and business system historical snapshot files. In this scenario, traditional methods usually use fixed-size blocks combined with a SHA-1 hash matching mechanism to achieve block-level deduplication. When faced with data block offsets, semantic perturbations in duplicate areas, and local modifications between files, duplicate block identification often fails, deduplication rates are reduced, and recovery consistency is difficult to ensure. Especially when the daily backup data volume exceeds 1TB, the system's deduplication efficiency and accuracy are heavily dependent on block boundary stability and hash anti-collision capabilities.

[0176] To address this issue, the proposed solution initially segments the byte stream using a layered sliding mechanism consisting of a 64-byte primary window and a 128-byte secondary window after data enters the backup channel. This mechanism extracts essential data segments and context-aware regions, and calculates the fluctuation rate of each segment to construct a local variation coefficient. The system then pre-screens stable segments using a non-encrypted 32-bit hash function and sets hash thresholds and extreme point screening criteria to generate a set of candidate segments. The candidate segments are then processed using a DeepSketch neural network to generate fixed-length semantic feature vectors, which the system then arranges according to the byte stream sequence to form a semantic feature sequence.

[0177] Next, the semantic feature sequence is fed into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm, which constructs a three-objective optimization function (minimizing the number of duplicate blocks, maximizing boundary stability, and minimizing the total number of blocks). The optimal set of block boundaries is determined through a heuristic search. After the data is divided into blocks, a logical hash value, semantic vector, offset information, and dual-path storage address are generated for each block. A structured deduplication index table is constructed, and a CRC32 checksum generated for each block is appended to the end of the data block.

[0178] In actual testing, the system processed three days of continuous backup data, totaling 3.5TB. The first day contained a complete full snapshot, while the second and third days contained incremental logs and change data. The proposed method was compared with a traditional fixed-block + SHA-1 comparison scheme, and performance was evaluated in terms of deduplication rate, false positive rate, rebuild time, and index hit rate. The relevant statistics are shown in Table 1.

[0179] Table 1 Performance comparison between the solution of the present invention and the traditional solution in actual data backup scenarios

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[0182] As shown in Table 1, our method is more robust in handling data boundary perturbations, with an average tolerable offset distance increased to 23.1 bytes. Traditional methods, however, typically rely on hash anchors, are boundary-sensitive and difficult to match. Furthermore, our method achieves a significantly lower error rate in semantic repetition detection than traditional algorithms, with a false recognition rate of 1.37%, compared to 4.84% for traditional methods. This is primarily due to the deep semantic vector's ability to model "non-equivalent but similar content."

[0183] In terms of storage space savings, due to more reasonable slicing granularity and more accurate duplicate identification, the final deduplication space compression rate is 48.3%, an improvement of nearly 31% compared to traditional methods. Of particular note is the CRC32 checksum mechanism, which reduces the failure rate of reconstructions to 0.00017 per million times, far lower than the 0.00492 in traditional solutions, providing greater security for backup and recovery integrity.

[0184] To further evaluate the impact of model structure on results, we conducted deep tuning of the DeepSketch encoding path. We used a four-layer deep convolutional path with a 2D input channel (the original fragment and the position vector), a Reluctant Unit (ReLU) activation function, a four-head attention mechanism in the long-range path, and 1×1 convolutions in the short-range representation path. During training, the Shannon entropy of the fragment was used as the criterion for semantic entropy compression. The first N=16-dimensional embeddings of the principal components were retained, and semantic summary representations were generated using K-means clustering center coordinates.

[0185] In the optimization parameters, the Arctic Fox algorithm sets the maximum number of individuals in the population to 42, the maximum number of search rounds to 50, the semantic confidence cross-gradient individual construction ratio to 1:1:1, and the first round of boundary candidate point screening threshold is set to the top 25% of the confidence ranking. The final average number of blocks decreased by 9.4%, and the overall redundant block recognition rate of the system increased by 12.7%.

[0186] During system operation, a total of 16.82 million structured index entries were generated, with an average size of 96 bytes per entry. The reconstruction phase sequentially reads and performs CRC checks, semantic alignment, and splicing and reassembly in a task list format. Error checking throughout the entire process detected no seriously abnormal blocks, and the average reconstruction time was 3.91 GB / min, meeting business continuity requirements in large log and historical snapshot recovery scenarios.

[0187] Comprehensive test results show that the backup data byte chunking and deduplication method proposed in the present invention is superior to traditional technical solutions in terms of semantic perception ability, chunking boundary stability, indexing efficiency, misjudgment control and recovery reversibility. It is particularly suitable for backup data environments with frequent dynamic changes, high repetition rates but obvious structural disturbances, and provides reliable deduplication and recovery guarantees for the efficient and stable operation of data centers, cloud platforms and disaster recovery systems.

[0188] The above description is only a preferred specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field, within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, who makes equivalent replacements or changes based on the technical solution and inventive concept of the present invention, should be covered by the scope of protection of the present invention.

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1. A method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks to save space, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: S1. Input the original backup data as a byte stream, use a fixed-size sliding window mechanism to extract continuous data segments, perform hash function processing on each data segment, and filter potential duplicate segments using a preset threshold; S2. Input the data segments pre-screened by hashing into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model to generate semantic feature vectors corresponding to each data segment; S3. Arrange all semantic feature vectors in order to construct a semantic feature sequence, and input it into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm to determine the segmentation boundary set through a heuristic search mechanism; S4. Divide the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, generate a logical hash value for each data block, and build a deduplication index table containing block semantic representation, physical offset, logical hash, and storage mapping by combining the semantic vector and block location information. S5. For each newly identified data block, determine whether a semantically similar block already exists in the deduplication index table. If so, mark it as a reference block and record the mapping address. If not, mark it as a newly added block and write it to the backup pool, while updating the index table entry. S6. Generate a CRC32 check code for each data block for integrity verification during data reconstruction, and complete the reversible reconstruction preparation of the data structure based on the mapping relationship provided by the deduplication index table.

2. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, wherein: Said S1 specifically includes: S11. Input the original backup data into the preprocessing channel in the form of a byte stream, and configure the sliding window parameters according to the source type of the backup data. Initialize the first-level sliding window size to 64 bytes and the second-level sliding window size to 128 bytes. S12. Use a layered sliding window mechanism to perform parallel scanning on the input byte stream. The first-level sliding window extracts continuously with a step size of 1 byte to construct the basic segment. The second-level sliding window extracts with a step size of 4 bytes to establish the segment context-aware area. S13. For each data segment extracted by the primary sliding window, collect the starting offset position, the ending offset position, and the data fluctuation gradient value within the coverage range of the secondary sliding window, and calculate the local variation coefficient of the corresponding segment; S14. Determine whether the current data segment meets the stability segment characteristic requirement based on the local variation coefficient and a preset stability determination threshold, and perform hash function processing only on the segment that meets the requirement, wherein the hash function is a non-encrypted 32-bit hash function; S15. Construct a hash value queue based on the feature values ​​of the hashed fragments, and use a reconstruction-aware sampling strategy to perform differential screening on the hash value queue, retaining only the extreme value point of the gradient change and several hash values ​​before and after it as valid judgment samples, and discarding the rest; S16. Set a multi-interval hash value threshold set based on the difference distribution, map the retained valid hash value to the corresponding interval threshold range, and determine whether the current segment is a potential duplicate segment based on the mapping result. If it belongs to the determined duplicate range within any interval, it is marked as a candidate segment.

3. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, wherein: The S2 specifically includes: S21. Performing a complexity assessment on the data segments pre-screened by hashing, wherein the complexity assessment is based on a change density value calculated from a byte change rate within the segment, and classifying the data segments into three categories: high-complexity segments, medium-complexity segments, and low-complexity segments according to a preset segmentation threshold; S22, inputting high-complexity segments into a high-perceptual encoding path, medium-complexity segments into a medium-perceptual encoding path, and low-complexity segments into a low-perceptual encoding path. The three encoding paths are respectively set with different convolutional network layer depths, attention mechanism strengths, and normalization strategies to perform differentiated semantic feature extraction; S23. Normalize the data segments in each coding path and convert them into a fixed-length one-dimensional real number vector structure. Then, input them into the pre-trained DeepSketch neural network model in sequence to complete feature inference with the corresponding coding path to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector. S24. Calculate information entropy on the preliminary semantic feature vector. The information entropy is the Shannon entropy of the feature distribution within the segment. If the entropy is higher than a preset redundancy threshold, perform feature compression to retain only the top N principal component dimensions in the feature vector and discard the remaining dimensions. S25, performing Euclidean distance matching on the retained semantic feature vector and the set of fragment prior feature vectors accumulated during the model training phase. If the matching deviation exceeds twice the internal standard deviation of the set, a reflow path is triggered to correct and reconstruct the semantic feature vector. S26. Output the semantic feature vector after principal component compression and prior vector correction, and cache it in sequence according to the original segment order.

4. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 3, wherein: The S22 specifically includes: S221: Input the high-complexity segment, the medium-complexity segment, and the low-complexity segment into the corresponding high-perception coding path, the medium-perception coding path, and the low-perception coding path, respectively. The three types of coding paths are structurally configured as independent convolutional network branch structures isolated from each other. S222. In the high-perception coding path, a two-stage convolutional coding structure including a residual feedback mechanism is constructed. A three-layer convolutional network is set in the first stage, and a two-layer convolutional network is set in the second stage. Each layer is sequentially connected to a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. The output of the first stage is directly input to the starting layer of the second stage convolution via a residual branch connection. S223: Copy the first-stage convolution output in the high-perception coding path and inject it into the second-layer convolution structure of the medium-perception coding path, and perform a channel dimension alignment operation at the injection node; S224. In the three perception paths, a normalization strategy is selected based on the byte mean deviation rate of the input segment. If the deviation rate is higher than the set deviation threshold, a Z-score normalization operation is performed. If the deviation rate is lower than the deviation threshold, a Min-Max normalization operation is performed. S225. In the medium-perception encoding path and the low-perception encoding path, the number of convolutional network layers is set to 3 and 2 respectively. Each convolutional network layer is followed by a batch normalization layer and a Reluctant Luminance (ReLU) activation layer. The medium-perception path is configured with a 4-head attention mechanism, and the low-perception path is configured with a 2-head attention mechanism. S226. The final convolution output results of the three types of encoding paths are uniformly converted into a one-dimensional floating-point vector structure, and a principal component analysis compression operation is performed on the floating-point vector, retaining the top N dimensions as the main feature representation, where N is a preset compression dimension value. After this processing, all path outputs are unified into semantic features of the same dimension.

5. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 3, wherein: The DeepSketch neural network structure specifically includes: Before the input tensor enters the first convolutional layer of the DeepSketch neural network, a relative position vector is constructed based on the offset position of the fragment in the original byte stream. The length of the relative position vector is consistent with the number of bytes in the original fragment, and the vector elements are set sequentially from 0 to L-1, where L is the fragment length. The vector is then mapped to the interval [0,1] through a maximum normalization operation and concatenated with the normalized real number tensor of the original fragment in the channel dimension to form a two-dimensional tensor with two input channels as the neural network input; In the convolutional feature extraction stage, two parallel structures, a shallow convolution path and a deep convolution path, are configured. The shallow path contains a two-layer convolutional network, and the deep path contains a five-layer convolutional network. All convolutional layers are followed by a batch normalization layer and a ReLU activation function. Before the fragment is input, the local gradient change rate of the input tensor is calculated. The local gradient change rate is the mean of the absolute differences between adjacent elements in the fragment. If the local gradient change rate is less than a preset complexity threshold, the shallow path is selected. If the local gradient change rate is greater than or equal to the preset complexity threshold, the deep path is selected to perform feature extraction. After the convolutional structure output tensor is generated, three parallel semantic representation branch structures are set up, namely the short-range representation branch, the long-range representation branch, and the hybrid attention representation branch. The short-range representation branch performs a 1×1 convolution operation for local feature channel compression, the long-range representation branch performs a global average pooling operation to extract the overall statistical features of the sequence, and the hybrid attention representation branch performs a 4-head multi-head attention mechanism compression to obtain context-dependent features. The output results of the three branches are spliced ​​in the channel dimension and then passed through the mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic representation tensor; Before generating the preliminary semantic representation tensor, the output tensor of the second convolution layer in the DeepSketch neural network is extracted, and a 1×1 convolution operation and a nonlinear activation operation are performed on the output tensor to form a feature enhancement vector. The feature enhancement vector is weightedly fused with the preliminary semantic representation tensor according to a proportional coefficient. The proportional coefficient is a parameter that can be learned and updated during the training process and is used to control the contribution ratio of the residual features. The weighted fusion result is input to the output mapping layer to generate a preliminary semantic feature vector.

6. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, wherein: The S3 specifically includes: S31. Arrange the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to the data segments according to the physical order of the segments in the original byte stream to construct a semantic feature sequence. The semantic feature sequence is a one-dimensional vector sequence whose length is consistent with the number of segments, and each element in the sequence is a fixed-length floating-point vector. S32, performing gradient analysis on the semantic feature sequence, and dividing the feature sequence into two structural regions: semantic stable segments and semantic jump segments according to the change rate threshold between adjacent vectors; S33. In the semantic jump segment, a local sliding window is constructed to calculate the cosine similarity difference between consecutive vectors, and similarity fluctuation mutation points are extracted. The corresponding positions are recorded as the first round of boundary candidate point sets; S34. Based on the first round of boundary candidate points, the contextual semantic fluctuation gradient is further introduced as a scoring factor to calculate the semantic confidence score of each candidate point, and the candidate points are sorted from high to low according to the confidence score. A preset percentage is set before screening to form the second round of boundary candidate point set; S35, inputting the second round of boundary candidate point set and the semantic feature sequence into the Arctic Fox optimization algorithm, defining each search individual in the search space as a boundary point index combination, and constructing a multi-objective objective function to simultaneously optimize the three indicators of the number of repeated blocks, the total number of cut blocks, and boundary stability; S36. In the process of generating the initial population of the optimization algorithm, a semantic confidence guidance method is adopted, with the high-confidence boundary point area as the main search starting area, supplemented by the low-confidence point perturbation expansion mechanism to construct a diverse population; S37. During each round of optimization, the output boundary point index set is recorded and the cumulative frequency of occurrence in the historical results of multiple rounds is calculated. The boundary points with a frequency higher than the set threshold are given a fitness weighted reward to adjust the priority of subsequent search paths. S38. After reaching the maximum number of iterations or the fitness convergence condition, output the block boundary set corresponding to the individual with the highest current fitness.

7. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 6, characterized in that: The S36 specifically includes: S361, dividing the semantic confidence values ​​of all boundary points in the second round of boundary candidate point set into three gradient segments: high confidence interval, medium confidence interval, and low confidence interval according to the numerical value, and constructing corresponding boundary point subset sets respectively; S362. Assume that each population individual must be composed of boundary points selected from multiple gradient segments, and each individual contains at least one high-confidence boundary point, one medium-confidence boundary point, and one low-confidence boundary point, to construct a multi-layer combination structure across confidence intervals; S363, performing a K-Means clustering operation on the preliminary semantic feature vectors corresponding to all boundary points, with the number of clusters set to K, assigning each boundary point to a corresponding semantic cluster identifier according to the feature space distance, and recording the cluster distribution; S364. When generating each population individual, the constraint boundary points must come from two different semantic clusters to enhance the global search capability; S365: Perform structural uniqueness detection and redundancy filtering on the initially generated population individuals, remove individuals whose combination duplication with existing individual boundary points exceeds a set threshold, and perform reconstruction operations on individuals whose single confidence gradient span is insufficient; S366. The complete population generated by the confidence gradient hierarchical control, semantic clustering constraints and redundant filtering mechanism is used as the initial search input of the Arctic fox optimization algorithm.

8. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, wherein: The S4 specifically includes: S41, dividing the original byte stream into multiple data blocks according to the block boundary set, and collecting a preset number of bytes in the boundary area of ​​each pair of adjacent data blocks to form a boundary intersection area, extracting semantic feature vectors from the boundary areas of adjacent data blocks to construct a fused semantic tail-head pair between adjacent blocks; S42, performing a splicing operation on the internal semantic feature vector of each data block and the corresponding boundary fusion semantic tail-head pair to generate an enhanced semantic description vector for improving the distinguishing ability and stability of content matching near the boundary; S43. When performing logical hash processing on each data block, the starting offset, length information, and local fluctuation coefficient tag of the data block are added to the unencrypted 32-bit hash value to construct an extended logical hash feature value. S44, setting a dual-path mapping mechanism, generating two valid mapping addresses, a primary mapping path and a backup mapping path, for each data block according to the address strategy set by the system, which are used for mapping the primary write position and the data fault-tolerant reconstruction position respectively; S45, performing principal component compression on the enhanced semantic description vector of each data block to extract the first N dimensions as semantic identification features, and encapsulating them together with the extended logical hash feature value, the physical offset triplet, and the dual-path mapping address into a structured index table entry; S46. Add a semantic clustering overview summary field to the structured index entry, where the summary field is generated by the center coordinates of the cluster to which the corresponding semantic feature belongs; S47. Write all constructed index table entries into the deduplication index table in sequence according to the physical order of the data blocks.

9. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, wherein: The S5 specifically includes: S51. For each newly identified data block, extract the semantic identification feature vectors of all historical blocks from the deduplication index table, construct a set of candidate matching vectors, and perform Euclidean distance calculation based on the semantic description vector of the current data block; S52: Filter the Euclidean distance results according to a preset semantic similarity threshold. If any candidate vector is less than the threshold from the current vector, it is determined to be a semantically similar block, and the corresponding logical hash value and mapping address are recorded. S53. When the current data block is determined to be a semantically similar block, it is marked as a reference block, and the reference relationship is registered in the current backup task metadata structure, including the logical hash of the referenced block, the physical location of the referenced block, and the original mapping address index; S54. If no historical block meeting the semantic similarity condition is detected, the current data block is marked as a new block, and the content is written to the designated location of the backup pool, and a corresponding logical hash value and structured index item are generated. S55: Align the structured index item content generated for each newly added block with the existing deduplication index table item field, write it to the end of the deduplication index table, and expand the index content; S56: After the index update is completed, the index synchronization cache operation is performed in the order of the update time of the newly added entries in the index table.

10. The method for deduplicating backup data bytes by slicing them into chunks and saving space according to claim 1, characterized in that: The S6 specifically includes: S61. Perform a standard 32-bit cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on each data block to be written to the backup pool. The CRC takes all bytes of the data block as input and generates a unique CRC32 checksum. S62, encapsulating the generated CRC32 check code and the original content of the data block, and appending a check code field to the end of the data block structure, wherein the field length is fixed to 4 bytes and the little-endian storage format is adopted; S63: Expand the integrity field of the index item of each data block, add a CRC32 check field, and write it into the backup task temporary check mapping table with the logical hash value as the index key; S64. Based on the block mapping addresses recorded in the deduplication index table, uniformly locate the referenced blocks and the newly added blocks, and construct a data reconstruction task list, where each entry in the task list includes a logical hash, a storage address, and a CRC32 checksum. S65. Before preparing to reconstruct the data structure, read the storage content of each block in the listed task list and recalculate the CRC32 value, and compare it with the original registered check code one by one; S66. If the comparison is consistent, the data block is confirmed to be usable for the reversible reconstruction process. If the comparison is inconsistent, the entry is marked as pending repair and written into the abnormal block list; S67. Arrange all data blocks that have passed the integrity check in the physical order in the index table, and construct an original byte stream recovery buffer as a basic input for the reversible reconstruction operation.

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