Sharing, updating data blocks among multiple nodes in a distributed system
US6012060A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99953
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for preventing multiple pings. An embodiment of the invention detects requests of data blocks entailing pings likely to cause additional pings. The servicing of requests involving a pings likely to cause additional pings is deferred until a service enabling conditions occurs. Another embodiment of the invention detects situations where by further updating a data block before pinging the data block use of resources on the remote node requesting the data block are reduced. The servicing of the request for the data block is deferred until a service enabling conditions occurs.
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