System and article of manufacture for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment for processing transaction requests

• US 8,099,385 B2
• Filed: 10/16/2008
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Makansi, Tarek, McBride, Gregory Edward, Shackelford, David Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Hung Q
• Application Number:
  US12/253,168
• Publication Number:
  US 20090037497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

Provided are a system and article of manufacture for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment. Data is stored at a primary storage site. A data structure is processed indicating an association of data sets in the stored data, secondary storage sites, and update frequencies. In response to processing the data structure, a determination is made of one of a plurality of secondary storage sites and a determination is made of at least one data set to transmit to the determined secondary storage site at an update frequency. The determined data set is transmitted to the determined secondary storage site according to the update frequency.

Claims

1. A distributed computing system for maintaining data, comprising:

a primary storage site;

a plurality of secondary storage sites;

a copy program executed at the primary storage site to perform operations, the operations comprising;

storing data at the primary storage site;

processing a data structure indicating associations of data sets in the stored data, the plurality of secondary storage sites, and update frequencies;

in response to processing the data structure, determining secondary storage sites and determining at least one data set indicated in the data structure to transmit to each determined secondary storage site at a determined update frequency associated with the determined at least one data set to transmit and the determined secondary storage site, wherein the determined update frequency indicates a number of modifications threshold indicating a number of modifications made to the determined at least one data set; and

transmitting the determined at least one data set to each of the determined secondary storage sites after the number of modifications to the data set reaches the threshold number of modifications threshold indicated in the determined update frequency, wherein the determined secondary storage sites are at different geographical locations, and wherein the transmitted at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites include different location specific data for the different geographical locations of the secondary storage sites, wherein the different location specific data includes different customer information for customers within the geographical locations of the determined secondary storage sites, and wherein the different location specific data for the different geographical locations of the determined secondary storage sites comprises subsets of the customer information stored at the primary site.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data structure includes entries, wherein each entry indicates at least one data set to be transmitted to at least one secondary site at one update frequency.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein different data sets are transmitted from the primary storage site to different secondary storage sites at different update frequencies.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein one update frequency comprises a high frequency update setting, wherein transmitting the determined at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites associated with the high frequency update setting comprises transmitting one update to the determined at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites when the update is applied to the primary storage site.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the update frequency indicates:

a time interval during which data is transmitted to the secondary storage sites, wherein the data set indicated in the data structure is transmitted to a secondary storage site after expiration of the time interval indicated in the data structure.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein customers at a location of a secondary storage site access the secondary storage site to perform transactions.

7. An article of manufacture including code executed by at least one processor for maintaining data in a distributed computing environment, wherein the executed code causes operations comprising:

storing data at a primary storage site;

processing a data structure indicating associations of data sets in the stored data, secondary storage sites, and update frequencies;

in response to processing the data structure, determining secondary storage sites and determining at least one data set indicated in the data structure to transmit to each determined secondary storage site at a determined update frequency associated with the determined at least one data set to transmit and the determined secondary storage site, wherein the determined update frequency indicates a number of modifications threshold indicating a number of modifications made to the determined at least one data set; and

transmitting the determined at least one data set to each of the determined secondary storage sites after the number of modifications to the data set reaches the threshold number of modifications threshold indicated in the determined update frequency, wherein the determined secondary storage sites are at different geographical locations, and wherein the transmitted at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites include different location specific data for the different geographical locations of the secondary storage sites, wherein the different location specific data includes different customer information for customers within the geographical locations of the determined secondary storage sites, and wherein the different location specific data for the different geographical locations of the determined secondary storage sites comprises subsets of the customer information stored at the primary site.

8. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein the data structure includes entries, wherein each entry indicates at least one data set to be transmitted to at least one secondary site at one update frequency.

9. The article of manufacture of claim 8, wherein different data sets are transmitted from the primary storage site to different secondary storage sites at different update frequencies.

10. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein one update frequency comprises a high frequency update setting, wherein transmitting the determined at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites associated with the high frequency update setting comprises transmitting one update to the determined at least one data set to the determined secondary storage sites when the update is applied to the primary storage site.

11. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein the update frequency indicates:

a time interval during which data is transmitted to the secondary storage sites, wherein the data set indicated in the data structure is transmitted to a secondary storage site after expiration of the time interval indicated in the data structure.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 7, wherein customers at a location of a secondary storage site access the secondary storage site to perform transaction.