US Patent 10162832 Data aware deduplication

Approaches for reducing a storage footprint for one or more files. A file type associated with a digital file is determined. A deduplication process is performed on the digital file based, at least in part, on the determined file type. The deduplication process may be performed differently on the digital file based on whether the digital file is an image or audio file, a compressed file, or a columnar file, for example. By considering the type of file being deduplicated, enhanced reductions in the storage footprint of the digital file may be realized.