Patent ID: 11886508
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 16:
17. The system of claim 15, a node of the plurality of nodes further configured to:
receive a request to access an item of a database, and responsive to receiving the request:
determine that the item of the database does not reside within the local portion of the database maintained at the node;
obtain, from the external storage service, another portion of the database comprising a plurality of items including the item; and
store the plurality of items of the other portion of the database in the local portion of the database maintained at the node, wherein the storing changes the fraction of the database stored in the local portion of the database at the node; and

process the request to access the item of the database according to the portion of the database.