Patent ID: 9489275
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: performing at a first node of a storage cluster system a command received from a client device via a network to alter client device data stored in a first storage device coupled to the first node; transmitting a replica of the command to a second node of the storage cluster system via the network to enable performance of the replica by the second node at least partially in parallel with the command; retrying transmission of the replica based on a failure indication by the second node; and selecting a status indication of performance of the command to transmit to the client device based on the failure indication and results of retrial of transmission of the replica, wherein an indication of successful performance of the command is selected as the status indication based upon a determination that a failure is a short-term failure and successful commencement of performance of the replica by the second node following retrial of transmission of the replica to the second node.