Patent ID: 11888836
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A system comprising:
a first cluster comprising first memory, first persistent storage, and a first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to:
receive a data replication request that specifies to copy data to a second cluster and at least one condition;
perform a lookup in a network metric data structure to identify one or more network paths between the first cluster and the second cluster;
determine that a path with the lowest latency includes an intermediate cluster between the first cluster and second cluster;
determine that storing the data on the intermediate cluster satisfies the at least one condition; and
transmitting, based on determining that storing the data on the intermediate cluster satisfies the at least one condition, the data to the intermediate cluster along the path;

the intermediate cluster comprising intermediate memory, intermediate persistent storage, and an intermediate processor, wherein the intermediate processor is configured to:
receive the data from the first cluster;
store the data; and
transmit the data to the second cluster; and

the second cluster comprising second memory, second persistent storage, and a second processor, wherein the second processor is configured to:
receive the data from the intermediate cluster; and
store the data.