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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert Stephen Strong, Everett, WA (US);
Max Neal Jensen, Redmond, WA (US);
Anthony J. Williams, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Timothy A. Denney, Everett, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for distributing authority for data objects. Each of the data objects in a replication set is stored at a different data storage site and comprises a copy of a content. An edit authority is assigned to only one of the data storage sites at a time using an edit authority object corresponding to the replication set that is transferable between the data storage sites. Responsive to a change to the content of a data object located at a particular data storage site having the edit authority, an update is propagated to a remaining portion of the data storage sites to affect eventual consistency of the replication set. Usability of the data objects at the remaining portion of the data storage sites is maintained until the update is received and processed to thereby reduce a time and expense associated with maintaining data consistency.