A protocol for processing write operations can include recording each write operation in a log using a PDESC (page descriptor)-PB (page block) pair. The log entry for the write operation can be included in a container of logged writes. In a dual node system, the protocol when processing the write operation, that writes first data, can include incrementing a corresponding one of two counters of the container, where the corresponding counter is associated with one of the system's nodes which received the write operation and and caches the first data. Each container can be associated with an logical block address (LBA) range of a logical device, where logged writes that write to target addresses in the particular LBA range are included in the container. Nodes can independently determine flush ownership using the container's counters and can flush containers based on the flush ownership.