A system according to an embodiment includes at least one server located at one or more distributed locations, one or more processors, and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to: store data in the at least one server as time based data for a predetermined duration; and allow retrieval of the stored data; wherein if the time based data is accessed within the predetermined duration, at least one time operation is triggered, and if the time based data is not accessed within the predetermined duration, the time based data is removed, wherein a primary copy of the data is stored in a primary server and a secondary copy, which is a replicate of the primary copy, is stored in zero or more secondary server(s).