Resolving write conflicts in a dispersed storage network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9766810
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15011807

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A method includes a storage unit receiving a respective write request of a first set of write requests, wherein the first set of write requests functions as a write lock request. The method further includes the storage unit determining whether the storage unit has writing of the data object currently locked. The method further includes the storage unit sending a write lock response regarding the data object. The method further includes the storage unit, when a number of write lock responses indicate a write lock of the data object for the computing device and the number is equal to or exceeds a write lock response threshold, receive respective write requests from each set of a plurality of sets of write requests, wherein the plurality of sets of write requests includes write requests for remaining sets of encoded data slices of the plurality of sets of encoded data slices.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baptist, Andrew Mt. Pleasant, US 217 3851
Resch, Jason K Chicago, US 1156 11884

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