Disconnected operation within distributed database systems
US11222008B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 7, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 31, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/273
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for disconnected operation in a distributed database system. In an embodiment, the distributed database system implements a disconnected mode of operation allowing isolated regions of database nodes to provisionally commit transactions, with the global requirements of those transactions later satisfied by a transparent healing process after network connectivity is reestablished between the regions. The healing process, in turn, enables the distributed database system to construct a consistent global state of the database that accounts for the transactions provisionally-committed in each isolated region during the disconnected mode. Once the healing process completes, database clients “see” a healed version of the database that simulates or otherwise closely approximates a state of the database had the distributed database system performed the transactions during a normal, fully-connected, mode of operation.
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