Patent attributes
A storage system in one embodiment comprises a front-end device and a plurality of storage nodes. A given storage node of the plurality of storage nodes comprises at least one processor and memory. The front-end device is configured to obtain a write operation comprising at least a first data page and to generate a content-based signature based at least in part on the first data page. The front-end device is further configured to compress the first data page and to generate first compression information corresponding to the first data page. The first compression information comprises an indication that the first data page has been compressed. The front-end device is further configured to provide the generated content-based signature, the compressed first data page and the first compression information to the given storage node.
