System for coordinating registration and managing peer-to-peer connections for data replicated backup and versioning
View Patent ↗Techniques are presented for peer-to-peer (P2P) replicated backup and versioning. Peer clients register and share storage with one another for purposes of P2P data replication, data versioning, and/or data restoration via a P2P server. The P2P server also provides security and management between the peer clients. Moreover, the P2P sever can audit behaviors of the peer clients and take punitive actions against any of the peer clients that violate policy.
1. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
a plurality of peer clients each implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and each located separate from one another over a network as its own a peer client machine; and
a peer-to-peer (P2P) management server implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium over the network;
wherein the P2P management server coordinates the registration and management of the peer clients for P2P data replication and versioning among the peer clients, and wherein the P2P management server provides a security mechanism for each peer client when connecting to another of the peer clients, and wherein a number of the peer clients report back to the P2P management server that a particular peer client is terminating peer connections prematurely in manners not agreed to by the peer clients, and wherein the P2P notifies the particular peer client to stop prematurely terminating the peer connections and monitors subsequent actions by the articular peer client and when a threshold is reached with the particular peer client continuing, the P2P management server removes the particular peer client from access to the network for purposes of the P2P data replication and data versioning.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the peer clients independently report usage statistics back to the P2P management server upon termination of connections with one another and in response thereto the P2P management server determines if attacks are being made against any of the peer clients involved in the connections.
3. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
a plurality of peer clients each implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and each located separate from one another over a network as its own a peer client machine; and
a peer-to-peer (P2P) management server implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage computer readable medium over the network;
wherein the P2P management server coordinates the registration and management of the peer clients for P2P data replication and versioning among the peer clients, and wherein the P2P management server provides a security mechanism for each peer client when connecting to another of the peer clients, wherein the P2P management sever determines that a particular peer client is selectively closing or not allowing certain P2P connections with other peer clients, and wherein the P2P management server asks the particular peer client to alter its behavior to stop selectively closing or not allowing the P2P connections and when the particular peer client does not the P2P management server removes the particular peer client from access to the network for purposes of the P2P data replication and data versioning.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the P2P management server is further configured to monitor actions of the P2P clients for compliance to a policy.
5. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
a plurality of peer clients each implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and each located separate from one another over a network as its own a peer client machine; and
a peer-to-peer (P2P) management server implemented in non-transitory computer readable storage medium over the network;
wherein the P2P management server coordinates the registration and management of the peer clients for P2P data replication and versioning among the peer clients, and wherein the P2P management server provides a security mechanism for each peer client when connecting to another of the peer clients, wherein a particular peer client repeatedly sends negative information to the P2P management server regarding another peer client, and wherein the P2P management server determines that the negative information is in fact false, and wherein the P2P management server removes the particular peer client from access to the network for purposes of the P2P data replication and data versioning.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the P2P management server is further configured to monitor actions of the P2P clients and permit violations to a policy being monitored by the P2P management server for a predetermined number of iterations defined by a threshold before taking action.
7. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
a plurality of peer clients each implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and each located separate from one another over a network as its own a peer client machine; and
a peer-to-peer (P2P) management server implemented in non-transitory computer readable storage medium over the network;
wherein the P2P management server coordinates the registration and management of the peer clients for P2P data replication and versioning among the peer clients, and wherein the P2P management server provides a security mechanism for each peer client when connecting to another of the peer clients, wherein the P2P management server monitors when a particular peer client repeatedly increases its allowable connections when that particular peer client is performing uploads and downloads from other peer clients and then decreases the allowable connections once the particular peer client is completed with its uploads and downloads, and wherein the P2P management server warns the particular peer client to stop and when the particular peer client does not stop the P2P management server removes the particular peer client from access to the network for purposes of the P2P data replication and data versioning.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the P2P management server is further configured to record usage statistics reported back from each of the P2P clients.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the P2P management server is also configured to evaluate the usage statistics to determine when attacks are being made against any of the P2P clients.