Patent ID: 9367600
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of removing a leaving node from a collection of computing nodes of a distributed storage system, the method comprising: the leaving node signaling to all other nodes in the collection of computing nodes that it is leaving the collection; all the other nodes reading information from the leaving node; all the other nodes synchronizing the information from the leaving node prior to the leaving node leaving the collection; the leaving node leaving the collection of computing nodes, and all the other nodes taking ownership of data associated with key values previously owned by the leaving node once the leaving node leaves the collection, wherein all the other nodes reading information comprises all the other nodes receiving copies of the data associated with the key values owned by the leaving node, the date associated with the key values being the data whose ownership will be transferred from the leaving node to the other nodes once the leaving node leaves the collection.