Implementing secure communication in a distributed computing system
US10896102B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/7205
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A new snapshot of a storage volume is created by instructing computing nodes to suppress write requests. Once pending write requests from the computing nodes are completed, storage nodes create a new snapshot for the storage volume by allocating a new segment to the new snapshot and finalizes and performs garbage collection with respect to segments allocated to the previous snapshot. Subsequent write requests to the storage volume are then performed on the segments allocated to the new snapshot. An orchestration layer implements a multi-role application that is provisioned with virtualized storage and computation resources. A snapshot of the application may be created and used to rollback or clone the application. Containers may be loaded with data structures for encrypted and/or authenticated communication. Failed storage volumes maybe detected and repaired. Repopulating repaired volumes may be managed by an application or a storage manager implementing a virtualized storage system.
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