Distributed transactions in cloud storage with hierarchical namespace
US10817498B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 29, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and programs provide for executing distributed transactions in a cloud storage system with a hierarchical namespace. One method includes receiving a request with operations to be executed atomically. Further, nodes are identified for executing the operations, each node having a respective clock and having at least part of a transactions table for controlling updates to entities. Each clock is one of a loosely-synchronized, a strictly-synchronized clock, a logical, or a physical clock. Additionally, the nodes process the operations, which includes setting a commit timestamp (CS) to a value of the clock in the node if the node is a first node in the processing. One node coordinates the transactions, and may be one of the nodes executing transactions. If the clock in the node is less than a current value of the CS, the node waits for the clock to reach the current value of the CS and the CS is updated. The transactions table is updated based on the value of the CS, the atomic execution is committed utilizing the final value of the CS, and a status is returned.
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