Distributed Data Storage with Strong Offline Access Support
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| Year of publication | 2007 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | The Second International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology Challanges for the Next Generation of IT & C |
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| Field | Informatics |
| Keywords | distributed data storage; offline access |
| Description | In this paper, we propose a distributed data storage framework that supports unrestricted offline access. The system does not explicitly distinguish between connected and disconnected states. Its design is based on a lock-free distributed framework that avoids update conflicts through file versioning. The feasibility of this framework is confirmed by a proof-of-concept implementation. We also demonstrate that the proposed lock-free replica synchronization algorithm scales well. A future work will include also direct support for non-versioned files. |