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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2012
Lawrence Carter Blount, Tucson, AZ (US);
Deepak Rambahu Ghuge, Ahmednagar, IN;
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Pune, IN;
Riyazahamad Moulasab Shiraguppi, Pune, IN;
Renu Tewari, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence Carter Blount, Tucson, AZ (US);
Deepak Rambahu Ghuge, Ahmednagar, IN;
Shah Mohammad Rezaul Islam, Tucson, AZ (US);
Sandeep Ramesh Patil, Pune, IN;
Riyazahamad Moulasab Shiraguppi, Pune, IN;
Renu Tewari, San Jose, CA (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for performing a secure delete operation in a wide area network (WAN) including a cache site and a home site. A method includes identifying a file for deletion at the cache site, determining whether the file has a copy stored at the home site, detecting a location of the copy at the home site prior to a disconnection event of the cache site from the home site, deleting the file from the cache site during the disconnection event, and performing a secure deletion of the copy at the home site immediately after a reconnection event of the cache site to the home site.