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In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a token directive generation module 1002 that generates a storage request with a token directive. The token directive includes a request to store a data segment token on the storage device 150. The token directive is intended to be substituted for a series of repeated, identical characters or a series of repeated, identical character strings that would be sent to the storage device 150 and stored as a data segment if the data segment token was not sent in its place. In one embodiment, the series of repeated, identical characters indicate that the data segment is empty. For example, the series of repeated, identical characters may be zeros or ones and a data segment filled with zeros or ones may be interpreted as empty.

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