History preservation in a computer storage system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7496555
APP PUB NO 20040205112A1
SERIAL NO

10752733

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A method by which a disk-based distributed data storage system is organized for protecting historical records of stored data entities. The method comprises recording distinct states of an entity, corresponding to different moments of time, as separate entity versions coexisting within the distributed data storage system, and assigning expiration times to the entity versions independently within each of a plurality of storage sites according to a shared set of rules, before which times deletion is prohibited.

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  • RED HAT, INC.

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Margolus, Norman H Somerville, US 38 1973

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