VMware, Inc.
STORAGE OF KEY-VALUE ENTRIES IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM

Abstract:

A distributed storage system, such as a distributed storage system in a virtualized computing environment, stores data in storage nodes as immutable key-value entries. A coordinator storage node creates a key-value entry and attempts to store the key-value entry in the coordinator storage node and in neighbor storage nodes. If the storage of the key-value entry in the in the coordinator storage node and in the neighbor storage node is successful, the coordinator storage node pushes the key-value entry to other storage nodes in the distributed storage system for storage as replicas.