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File Synchronization with Vector Time Pairs

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dc.contributor.author Cox, Russ
dc.contributor.author Josephson, William
dc.contributor.other Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems
dc.date.accessioned 2005-12-22T02:24:58Z
dc.date.available 2005-12-22T02:24:58Z
dc.date.issued 2005-02-28
dc.identifier.other MIT-CSAIL-TR-2005-014
dc.identifier.other MIT-LCS-TM-650
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30527
dc.description.abstract Vector time pairs are a new method for trackingsynchronization metadata. A vector time pairconsists of two vector times: one tracking filemodification history and one tracking filesynchronization history. Because the vectortimes are maintained separately and used fordifferent purposes, different algorithms andoptimizations can be applied to each. As aresult, vector time pairs impose no restrictionon synchronization patterns, never falsely detectconflicts, require no space to store deletionnotices, require network bandwidth proportionalonly to the number of files changed, and supportpartial synchronizations. No other currentsynchronization method has all these properties.Results from an implementation of vector timepairs in a new user-level file synchronizercalled Tra confirm the benefits of vectortime pairs.
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dc.relation.ispartofseries Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
dc.title File Synchronization with Vector Time Pairs

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