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ASYNCHRONOUS DISTRIBUTED GARBAGE COLLECTION FOR REPLICATED STORAGE CLUSTERS

  • US 20100161688A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2009
  • Published: 06/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a device of a plurality of devices in a distributed data replication system, the method comprising:

  • storing objects in a data store, at least one or more of the objects being replicated with the distributed data replication system;

    conducting a scan of the objects in the data store;

    identifying one of the objects as not having a reference pointing to the object;

    storing a delete negotiation message as metadata associated with the one of the objects; and

    replicating the metadata with the delete negotiation message to one or more other devices of the plurality of devices.

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