Patent ID: 9519555
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method in a distributed storage environment utilizing a processor and memory for synchronously geo-replicating data in the distributed storage environment, the method comprising: receiving data from a client at a primary data store, the primary data store comprising a log and one or more memory tables; writing the received data to the log of the primary data store, the received data not being accessible from the one or more memory tables of the primary data store prior to being committed; generating a geo message, the geo message comprising the received data and a record permitting replay of the received data at a secondary data store; communicating the geo message to the secondary data store; writing the received data in the geo message to a log of the secondary data store using the record in the geo message; at the primary data store, receiving an acknowledgment from the secondary data store that the received data was written to the log of the secondary data store, the acknowledgement being associated with the geo message; in response to receiving the acknowledgment from the secondary data store at the primary data store, committing the received data from the log of the primary data store to the primary data store, the committing the received data from the log of the primary data store to the primary data store comprising: writing the received data from the log of the primary data store to at least one memory table of the one or more memory tables of the primary data store; allowing access to the received data from the at least one memory table; and communicating from the primary data store to the client an acknowledgement of committal of the received data at the primary data store, the acknowledgment of committal indicating the received data at the primary data store is accessible to the client.