Patent ID: 9596305
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for renewing entries in an application-state, distributed replication table, the method comprising: maintaining across each node in a cluster of nodes an application-state, distributed replication table comprising entries to track resources of applications across the cluster of nodes, each of the nodes in the cluster of nodes owning one or more portions of the application-state, distributed replication table; storing, by a first node in the cluster of nodes, a cached copy of an entry from the application-state, distributed replication table owned by a second node in the cluster of nodes; setting, by the second node in the cluster of nodes, a timeout period for the entry owned by the second node and cached by the first node; determining, by the first node in the cluster nodes, that the cached copy of the entry was accessed; transmitting, by the first node in the cluster of nodes to the second node, an indication that the cached copy of the entry was accessed; and renewing, by the second node in the cluster of nodes, the timeout period.