Patent ID: 11954118
Assignee: EMC IP HOLDING COMPANY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
in response to receiving another data segment at the first computing node from the management node, calculating, by the first computing node, another hash uniquely identifying the other data segment;
looking up, by the first computing node, the other hash in the local hash cache;
in response to missing the other hash in the local hash cache, sending, by the first computing node, the other hash to the management node; and
in response to failing to receive, at the first computing node from the management node, an indication to store the other data segment within a predetermined period of time after sending the other hash to the management node, discarding, by the first computing node, the other data segment.