Method for the dynamic replication of data under distributed system control to control utilization of resources in a multiprocessing, distributed data base system
US4432057A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99952
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for dynamic replication of data under distributed system control to control the utilization of resources in a multiprocessing, distributed data base system. Previously, systems providing for data replication at nodes of a multiprocessing, distributed data base system required that a central node maintain control, or that replicated data be synchronized by immediately conforming all copies of an updated data item. By this invention, requests for access to data of a specified currency are permitted and conformation of updated data is selectively deferred by use of a control procedure implemented at each node and utilizing a status and control (SAC) filed at each node which describes that node's view of the status for shared data items at other nodes.
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