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Detecting lagging nodes in a time-synchronized distributed environment

US11218427B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2020
Grant dateJan 4, 2022
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/90
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods include determining log data for a time period at a plurality of senders, wherein each sender is a node in the cloud-based system, and the log data is associated with one or more cloud services; providing the log data to one or more storage clusters, via one or more distributors, for the time period; responsive to all of the plurality of senders performing the providing, moving to a next time period and repeating the determining and the providing; detecting a given sender is a faulty data source or a slow data source; and moving the given sender to a deferred processing list where the given sender does not hold up the moving to the next time period.

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