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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Scality, S.a., Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Giorgio Regni, Albany, CA (US);
Vianney Rancurel, La Frette s/Seine, FR;
Mudit Verma, New Delhi, IN;
Assignee:
Scality S.A., Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/2343 (2019.01);
Abstract
A storage system is described. The storage system includes an object store having a plurality of objects containing information. The storage system also includes a cluster of locking nodes to implement a distributed synchronization locking mechanism. The cluster of locking nodes include a proposer node and a plurality of acceptor nodes. The proposer node to broadcast to the acceptor nodes a proposed lock on at least some of the information. The acceptor nodes to vote on the proposed lock based on respective locking information kept in a local store of each acceptor node.