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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2023
Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, CN;
Junfeng Liu, Zhejiang, CN;
Wenhui Yao, Beijing, CN;
Xiaodong Wang, Zhejiang, CN;
Chenyi You, Zhejiang, CN;
Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd., Hangzhou, CN;
Abstract
A system for distributed storage includes a distributed file system for distributed storage of data, distributed metadata service nodes configured to run in different processes and configured to manage metadata of the data, in which the distributed metadata service nodes are configured with corresponding condition files, control nodes configured to compete for a permission to update the condition file to become a master control node, and obtain an operation permission on the data as the master control. The master control node is configured to utilize the operation on the data to control consistency of the condition files of the distributed metadata service nodes.