Load balancing and fault tolerant service in a distributed data system

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• a processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to execute the instructions to cause the processor to:
• distribute a snapshot task to a first node of a cluster;
• detect a failure condition for the first node;
• and
• reassign the snapshot task from the first node to a second node to perform the snapshot task based upon detecting the failure condition, comprising utilizing a last owning node list within a routing table during restoration of the first node to assign the snapshot task back to the first node.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• distribute a snapshot task to a first node of a cluster;
• detect a failure condition for the first node;
• and
• reassign the snapshot task from the first node to a second node to perform the snapshot task based upon detecting the failure condition, comprising utilizing a last owning node list within a routing table during restoration of the first node to assign the snapshot task back to the first node.