| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for managing obsolescence of replicas of data objects in a distributed processing system having a network of nodes connected by communication links, at least one node (6,7,8) operating as a source location having access to source data objects and at least one other node (1) operating as a replica location having a means for storing replicas of source data objects received from a source location is disclosed.
<??>The apparatus comprises manager means, in communication with a source location, for maintaining obsolescence data identifying obsolete replicas; means at a requesting replica location for generating a request for at least a portion of said obsolescence data; and server means, in communication with said manager means and the requesting replica location and responsive to obsolescence requests, for supplying the requested portion of obsolescence data to the requesting replica location in the form of an atomic demand/response transaction.</p> |
