Data Replication

A method for completing an interrupted data replication operation, the method comprising:

• commencing a data replication operation amongst a plurality of networked computing devices;
• identifying an interruption of the data replication operation at one of the computing devices from the plurality of networked computing devices;
• and
• receiving data transferred as a part of the data replication operation subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation at the one of the computing devices from any of the other plurality of networked computing devices, wherein the data received subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation is transferred using a connectionless transfer protocol, the transfer being asynchronous and autonomous relative to the data replication operation.

A computing device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory storing a program, the program being executable by the processor for performing a method for completing an interrupted data replication operation, the method comprising:
• commencing a data replication operation with a plurality of other computing devices in a network;
• identifying an interruption of the data replication operation;
• and
• receiving data transferred as a part of the data replication operation subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation from any of the plurality of other networked computing devices, wherein the data received subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation is transferred using a connectionless transfer protocol, the transfer being asynchronous and autonomous relative to the data replication operation.

A computer-readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program, the program being executable by a processor to perform a method for completing an interrupted data replication operation, the method comprising:

• commencing a data replication operation with a plurality of other computing devices in a network;
• identifying an interruption of the data replication operation;
• and
• receiving data transferred as a part of the data replication operation subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation from any of the plurality of other networked computing devices, wherein the data received subsequent to the interruption of the data replication operation is transferred using a connectionless transfer protocol, the transfer being asynchronous and autonomous relative to the data replication operation.