Title:
COMMITMENT OF TRANSACTIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2007071592
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A method, computer program product, and system for committing transactions in a distributed system are provided. The method, computer program product, and system provide for receiving a request from a client to commit a transaction at a coordinator node in the distributed system, tracking a tail log sequence number for every other node in the distributed system, determining a max log sequence number associated with the transaction for each participant node in the distributed system, and committing the transaction at the coordinator node when the tail log sequence number for each participant node is greater than or equal to the max log sequence number associated with the transaction at the respective participant node.
Inventors:
HURAS MATTHEW ALBERT (CA)
VINCENT TIMOTHY JON (CA)
VINCENT TIMOTHY JON (CA)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2006/069587
Publication Date:
October 04, 2007
Filing Date:
December 12, 2006
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Assignee:
IBM (US)
IBM UK (GB)
HURAS MATTHEW ALBERT (CA)
VINCENT TIMOTHY JON (CA)
IBM UK (GB)
HURAS MATTHEW ALBERT (CA)
VINCENT TIMOTHY JON (CA)
International Classes:
G06F9/46
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