SYNCHRONIZATION PROTOCOL FOR MULTI-PREMISES HOSTING OF DIGITAL CONTENT ITEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20170124170A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-04

    申请号:US14979252

    申请日:2015-12-22

    Applicant: Dropbox, Inc.

    Abstract: A synchronization protocol for multi-premises hosting of digital content items. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises the operations of: detecting creation or modification of a content item; determining a content item namespace to which the content item belongs; obtaining a plurality of identifiers of a plurality of block servers to which the content item namespace is assigned; making a selection of one of the plurality of block servers as a target block server; and uploading any content item blocks of the content item to the target block server that are not already stored at the target block server.

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