Hierarchical timestamps
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1. A method for preventing undesirable detection of time-stamp disparities during processing of timestamp-associated entities in a hierarchical processing system, the method comprising:
- employing timestamps that include a processing-level indication, the processing-level indication in each timestamp reflecting a current scope of the timestamp within the hierarchical processing system; and
when processing of a timestamp-associated entity is completed with respect to the timestamp at a processing level, changing the processing-level indication in the timestamp associated with the entity.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to digitally encoded hierarchical timestamps that are stored in computer readable mediums. The hierarchical timestamps of the present invention include a first field that stores a timestamp value and a second field that stores a processing-level indication that indicates the scope of the timestamp within a hierarchical processing system.
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1. A method for preventing undesirable detection of time-stamp disparities during processing of timestamp-associated entities in a hierarchical processing system, the method comprising:
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employing timestamps that include a processing-level indication, the processing-level indication in each timestamp reflecting a current scope of the timestamp within the hierarchical processing system; and
when processing of a timestamp-associated entity is completed with respect to the timestamp at a processing level, changing the processing-level indication in the timestamp associated with the entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A distributed storage system comprising:
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a number of storage-system components interconnected by one or more communications media;
hierarchical processing logic executed by each of the number of storage-system components, higher levels of the hierarchical processing logic coordinating distributed execution of data-access operations and lower levels of the hierarchical processing logic carrying out data-access within the storage-system components; and
hierarchical timestamps associated with data units stored within the storage-system components, each hierarchical timestamp including a processing-level indication that indicates the scope of the hierarchical timestamp within the hierarchical processing levels. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A digitally encoded hierarchical timestamp stored in a computer readable medium, the hierarchical timestamp comprising:
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a first field that stores a timestamp value; and
a second field that stores a processing-level indication that indicates a scope of the timestamp within a hierarchical processing system. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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22. A method for controlling a scope of processing levels in which entities associated with timestamps are processed in a hierarchical processing system with a number of processing levels, the method comprising:
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providing a scope indication means for the timestamps associated with the entities; and
at a particular processing level, processing only entities associated with timestamps, the processing-level-indication means for which indicate a scope that includes the particular processing level, and following processing of a particular entity, directing the scope indication means for the timestamp associated with the particular entity to subsequently indicate a scope that does not include the particular processing level.
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