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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Cheng Yong Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Jia Min Li, Shanghai, CN;
Zhong Shi Lu, Shanghai, CN;
Ze Rui Yuan, Shanghai, CN;
Yan Liang Qiao, Shanghai, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for file management in a distributed file cache system. In some embodiments, a method is disclosed. According to the method, responsive to determining that at least one client node is obtaining a file of a first version stored at a storage node, one or more processors generate contact information indicating that the file of the first version is accessible from the storage node and the at least one client node and recorded the contact information into a distributed hash table. The storage node and the at least one client node are included in a plurality of nodes associated with the distributed hash table. Further, one or more processors generate first version information indicating that the file is of the first version and record the first version information into a blockchain associated with the plurality of nodes.