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Granularly timestamped concurrency control for key-value store

US11741073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 2021
Grant dateAug 29, 2023
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/278
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods discussed herein, based on a key-value data store including multiple-tiered sorted data structures in memory and storage, implement granularly timestamped concurrency control. The multiple-tiering of the key-value data store enables resolving the snapshot queries by returning data record(s) according to granularly timestamped snapshot lookup instead of singularly indexed snapshot lookup. Queries return a merged collection of records including updates from data structures in memory and in storage, such that a persistent storage transaction may refer to non-committed updates up to a timeframe defined by the snapshot read timestamp. This way, inconsistency is avoided that would result from merely reading data records committed in storage, without regard as to pending, non-committed updates thereto. The global timestamp further modifies the generation of the local transaction commit timestamp and the local snapshot read timestamp, so as to establish a granularly timestamped concurrency control scheme (over three levels of granularity).

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