Patent ID: 9237193
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing data items in a distributed storage pool, comprising: providing a plurality of physical storage pools, each storage pool including a plurality of storage nodes coupled to a network, and each storage node further providing a non-transitory computer readable medium for data storage; storing a first replica of a data item in a first physical storage pool of the plurality of physical storage pools; receiving an instruction to delete the data item; in response to receiving the instruction: deleting the first replica of the data item from the first physical storage pool; creating a first modification sentinel file based on the deleting; and storing the first modification sentinel file in the first physical storage pool; applying a hash function to a name of the first replica of the data item, wherein the first modification sentinel file includes a first output of the hash function; encountering the first modification sentinel file during a data item replication process; in response to encountering the first modification sentinel file, determining whether a configurable time has elapsed; and in response to determining that the configurable time has not elapsed; searching for replicas of the data item associated with the first modification sentinel file and stored in one or more of the plurality of physical storage pools; and deleting the one or more replicas of the data item stored in the one or more of the plurality of physical storage pools.