A system and method are disclosed for providing efficient data storage. A data stream comprising a plurality of data segments is received. The system determines whether one of the plurality of data segments has been stored previously using a summary in a low latency memory; in the event that the data segment is determined not to have been stored previously, assigning an identifier to the data segment.

 
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