Techniques for performing data reconciliation in distributed data store systems

Abstract

In one embodiment, a data reconciliation engine works with data store nodes included in a distributed data store system to ensure consistency between the data store nodes. In operation, the data reconciliation receives a different data snapshot from each of the data store nodes. In response, the data reconciliation engine generates one or more recommendations designed to resolve inconsistencies between the data snapshots. The data reconciliation engine then transmits each recommendation to a different data store node. Because the data reconciliation engine performs many of the resource-intensive operations included in the data reconciliation process, the resources of the data store nodes may focus primarily on processing client requests instead of performing data reconciliation operations. Consequently, unlike conventional data store node based reconciliation applications, the data reconciliation engine may process large volumes of data without unacceptably increasing the time required for the distributed data store system to respond to client requests.