Distributed systems having versioned storage replica tables

Abstract

A process includes creating, by a kernel of a distributed system, entries in a storage replica table, which are associated with a guest physical memory address. The process includes storing, by the kernel, data in the entries associating the entries with respective versions of content for the guest physical memory address; storing, by the kernel, data in the entries associating the entries with respective stable storage block addresses; and storing, by the kernel, data in the entries associating the entries with respective real physical memory addresses. The process includes, responsive to a read request to read content associated with a first version of the versions, accessing, by the kernel, the storage replica table. The process includes, responsive to the accessing the storage replica table, identifying, by the kernel, a first entry of the entries associated with the first version. The first entry contains data associating the first entry with a first real physical memory address. The process includes reading, by the kernel, data from the first real physical memory address.