Patent attributes
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for handling faults in a distributed key-value storage system. One of the methods includes receiving an indication that a machine storing a primary replica of a first replication chain is inactive, in response to receiving the indication, generating a concatenated replica comprising a first replica of the first replication chain and a second replica of a second replication chain, the second replication chain comprising replicas of a second key segment, the second key segment being adjacent to the first key segment in the multiple key segments of the plurality of keys, and providing, to another machine in the ordered sequence of machines, a notification of availability of the concatenated replica.
