Method, system, and article of manufacture for maintaining data integrity

A system for maintaining data integrity, comprising:

• a set of backup components;
• and
• a computer program executable at each backup component, wherein the computer program comprises instructions executable at each backup component for:
• negotiating a frequency for creating consistent transactions sets;
• negotiating a consistent transactions set creation duration;
• and
• at an interval determined by the frequency, during the consistent transactions set creation duration, completing processing of a first consistent transactions set and delaying processing of a second consistent transactions set until the end of the consistent transactions set creation duration.

An article of manufacture including code for maintaining data integrity, wherein the code is capable of causing operations, the operations comprising:

• negotiating a frequency for creating consistent transactions sets;
• negotiating a consistent transactions set creation duration;
• and
• at an interval determined by the frequency, during the consistent transactions set creation duration, completing processing of a first consistent transactions set and delaying processing of a second consistent transactions set until the end of the consistent transactions set creation duration.

A system for maintaining data integrity, comprising:

• a component;
• a primary storage device;
• and
• means for negotiating a frequency for creating consistent transactions sets;
• means for negotiating a consistent transactions set creation duration;
• and
• means for, at an interval determined by the frequency, during the consistent transactions set creation duration, completing processing of a first consistent transactions set received from the primary storage device and delaying processing of a second consistent transactions set until the end of the consistent transactions set creation duration.