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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2021
Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Enning Xiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Yiqi Xu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of ensuring atomicity of transactions across a plurality of active hosts in a distributed environment, is provided. The method generally includes receiving, from a client, a second request to commit a second transaction subsequent to receiving a first request to commit a first transaction; assigning a second prepare identifier (ID) to the second transaction, wherein the second prepare ID assigned to the second transaction is greater than a first prepare ID assigned to the first transaction; transmitting, to the plurality of active hosts, instructions to prepare for committing the second transaction, the instructions including the second prepare ID; receiving, from each host, an acknowledgement indicating successful preparation for committing the second transaction; and transmitting, to the plurality of active hosts, instructions to commit the second transaction prior to receiving, from each host, an acknowledgement indicating successful preparation for committing the first transaction.