| 摘要 |
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a method of writing and reading redundant data is provided. Data is written by storing a copy of the data along with a timestamp and a signature at each of a set of storage devices. The data is read by retrieving the copy of the data, the timestamp and the signature from each of a plurality of the set of data storage devices. One of the copies of the data is selected to be provided to a requestor of the data. Each of the storage devices of the set is requested to certify the selected copy of the data. Provided that a proof of certification of the selected copy of the data is valid, the storage devices of the set are instructed to store the selected copy of the data along with a new timestamp.
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