Managing storage systems that are synchronously replicating a dataset
US11698844B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 26, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1097
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Managing storage systems that are synchronously replicating a dataset, including: detecting a change in membership to the set of storage systems synchronously replicating the dataset; and applying one or more membership protocols to determine a new set of storage systems to synchronously replicate the dataset, wherein the one or more membership protocols include a quorum protocol, an external management protocol, or a racing protocol, and wherein one or more I/O operations directed to the dataset are applied to a new set of storage systems.
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