An embodiment of the invention provides a method, a device and a
system for searching repeated data. After a repeated-deleting file is partitioned into blocks,
fingerprint information of block data is utilized to determine a
metadata server responsible for search. When the
fingerprint information of the block data is found to be stored in a
database by search, the block data corresponding to the
fingerprint information of the block data are transmitted to a shared-
file system and are not required to be transmitted to the
metadata server for storage. Compared with the prior art, the method, the device and the
system for searching the repeated data reduce link cost to a large extent and improve
system performance.