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Another apparatus for managing data is provided with a plurality of modules including a read request receiver module, a read data segment token module and a read request response module. The read request receiver module receives a storage request to read a data segment from a storage device. The data segment is represented on the storage device by a data segment token. The data segment includes a series of repeated, identical characters or a series of repeated, identical character strings. The data segment token includes a data segment identifier and a data segment length. The data segment token is substantially free of data from the data segment. The read data segment token module reads the data segment token corresponding to the data segment requested in the storage request. The read request response module transmits a response to the requesting device. The response is generated using the data segment token corresponding to the requested data segment.

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