Hierarchical scale unit values for storing instances of data

A method, performed by at least one data processor, comprising:

• accessing information of a first hierarchical scale unit value associated with a first hierarchical scale unit that is included in a plurality of hierarchical scale units and that stores a primary instance of data with respect to a put operation in accordance with a key value pair associated with the data in response to receipt of a put request that requests performance of the put operation;
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• establishing a replicated instance of the data in a second hierarchical scale unit of the plurality of hierarchical scale units with respect to the put operation in accordance with the key value pair based on a difference between the first hierarchical scale unit value and a second hierarchical scale unit value associated with the second hierarchical scale unit, each hierarchical scale unit value uniquely corresponding to a respective hierarchical scale unit in a hierarchical infrastructure that includes the respective hierarchical scale unit.

A system to store instances of data based on hierarchical scale unit values, the system comprising:

• a data manager comprising one or more processors,
• the data manager configured to access, using at least one of the one or more processors, information of a first hierarchical scale unit value associated with a first hierarchical scale unit that is included in a plurality of hierarchical scale units and that stores a primary instance of data with respect to a put operation in response to receipt of a put request that requests performance of the put operation,
• the data manager configured to establish, using at least one of the one or more processors, a replicated instance of the data in a second hierarchical scale unit of the plurality of hierarchical scale units with respect to the put operation based on a difference between the first hierarchical scale unit value and a second hierarchical scale unit value associated with the second hierarchical scale unit in response to the put request being forwarded from the first hierarchical scale unit to the second hierarchical scale unit, each hierarchical scale unit value uniquely corresponding to a respective hierarchical scale unit in a hierarchical infrastructure that includes the respective hierarchical scale unit.