US Patent 10282254 Object layout discovery outside of backup windows

Object layout discovery outside of backup windows is described. A system receives, from a backup/restore application, a request to discover an object layout for a data object by parsing the data object. The system determines whether the object layout is stored in layout storage. The system sends, to the backup/restore application, the object layout stored in the layout storage in response to a determination that the object layout is stored in the layout storage.