Patent ID: 8983904
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving by a synchronization manager a notification of a modification to content in a replication folder of a computing system among multiple computing systems, the notification indicative of particular data types or file types of content to replicate in accordance with a filter setting for the replication folder, the notification being filtered in accordance with the filter setting prior to the notification being received by the synchronization manager, the synchronization manager configured to collectively manage different file systems of the multiple computing systems; updating a replication of the replication folder maintained in storage associated with the synchronization manager to reflect the modification including updating content in the replication that corresponds to the particular data types or file types specified by the received notification in accordance with the filter setting; and synchronizing by the synchronization manager at least one of multiple distributed replications associated with the multiple computing systems based on the updated replication, the synchronizing of the at least one of the multiple distributed replications being configured to preserve individual file system-specific features of each respective file system including system-unique metadata.