System for managing asset access in a distributed storage system

• Main Authors: BURNS RANDAL CHILTON, REES ROBERT MICHAEL, GOEL ATUL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.05.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS

A system and method for managing access to assets in a distributed data storage system includes requesting, from a client computer, a semi-preemptible access lock from a server computer. The semi-preemptible lock, if granted, is held by the client computer as long as the server does not demand it ba...