DISTRIBUTED DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD

A computing device (102) includes an interface (108) configured to communicate with a second computing device (152), a memory (106) configured to store a first copy (107) of a file that is synchronized with a second copy (157) of the file stored at the second computing device (152), and a processor (103). The processor (103) is configured, in response to receiving an update (115) to the file while the interface (108) is unable to communicate with the second computing device (152), to access versioning management data (117) indicating synchronization settings (121) associated with each of a plurality of files that includes the file. The processor (103) is configured to, conditioned on determining that the versioning management data (117) indicates a first synchronization setting associated with the file, write the update (115) to the first copy (107), and conditioned on determining that the versioning management data (117) indicates a second synchronization setting associated with the file, refrain from writing the update (115) to the first copy (107).