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Distributed computing systems and system components thereof

US8364633B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 11, 2006
Grant dateJan 29, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a replicated state machine comprises a proposal manager, an agreement manager, a collision/back-off timer and a storage reclaimer. The proposal manager facilitates management of proposals issued by a node of a distributed application for enabling coordinated execution of the proposals by all other nodes of the distributed application. The agreement manager facilitates agreement on the proposals. The collision/back-off timer precludes repeated pre-emptions of rounds in attempting to achieve agreement on the proposals. The storage reclaimer reclaims persistent storage utilized for storing at least one of proposal agreements and the proposals.

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