Patent ID: 8909996
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a storage server receiving, from a client, a request to store a single copy of data; in response to the request, the storage server initiating storage of at least two copies of the data by initiating, in parallel, storage of the single copy of data on each storage system of at least two separate storage systems; in response to determining that the single copy of data has been stored on at least one but fewer than all of the at least two separate storage systems, the storage server indicating, to the client, that the single copy of data has been stored; causing the single copy of data to be retained on fewer than all of the at least two separate storage systems by causing one or more copies of the at least two copies to be discarded from one or more storage systems of the at least two separate storage systems.