Patent ID: 8601542

Claim:
A method providing for configuration file downloads, the method comprising: building, by a first computer, a first resource path, the first resource path comprising a root component, a group component, and a time component based on a rounded time, wherein the rounded time is based on an interval relative to the current time; identifying, by the first computer, any computer within a group of computers that have previously downloaded or are currently downloading a configuration file stored at the first resource path for the rounded time; if one of the computers is identified, obtaining a copy of the configuration file stored at the first resource path from the identified computer; and if one of the computers is not identified: requesting the configuration file for the rounded time from a source, the source generating the configuration file stored at the first resource path based on policies for the group of computers identified by the group component; and downloading the configuration file stored at the first resource path generated by the source utilizing the identified policies.