Method and system for information exchange utilizing an asynchronous persistent store protocol

A method for information exchange in a computing environment, the method comprising:

• receiving from a client, by a workload manager, a workload unit of data in need of processing by the client;
• initiating by the workload manager a persistent storage of the workload unit of data received from the client;
• without waiting for the initiated storage of the workload unit of data to complete, sending by the workload manager the workload unit of data to a plurality of compute nodes;
• and
• responsive to receiving a result of a processing of the workload unit of data by one of the plurality compute nodes, canceling processing by the workload manager of the workload unit of data by a remainder of the plurality of compute nodes.

A system for information exchange across a computing environment, the system comprising:

• a persistent store device;
• and
• a workload manager in communication with a client, a plurality of compute nodes and the persistent store device, wherein the workload manager is configured to:
• receive from the client a workload unit of data in need of processing by the client;
• initiate storage in the persistent store device of the workload unit of data received from the client;
• without waiting for the initiated storage of the workload unit of data to complete, send the workload unit of data to the plurality of compute nodes;
• and
• responsive to receiving a result of a processing of the workload unit of data by one of the plurality compute nodes, cancel processing of the workload unit of data by a remainder of the plurality of compute nodes.