Cloud storage managing system, cloud storage managing method, and apparatus for same

• US 10,298,688 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2013
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK TechX Co., Ltd (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Na, Seung-Won
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Angela
• Application Number:
  US14/894,722
• Publication Number:
  US 20160127469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,972 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0608 Saving storage space on storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0616 in relation to life time, e.g. increasing Mean Time Between Failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/562 Brokering proxy services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data

Abstract

Disclosed are a cloud storage managing system, a cloud storage managing method, and an apparatus for same. To achieve the objective according to the present invention, the cloud storage managing apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a content alignment unit for aligning and shifting content recorded on a cloud storage, by transmitting a shift signal to the cloud storage; and a broker application programming interface (API) providing unit for abstracting, into a broker API, a storage API which corresponds to the type of the cloud storage by using an API mapping table, and providing the content to a terminal device by using the broker API.

Claims

1. A cloud storage management apparatus, comprising:

a content alignment unit configured to;

transmit, to a cloud storage, a movement signal;

align and move pieces of content recorded in the cloud storage; and

align and move content recorded in an existing cloud storage to an additionally installed cloud storage when the cloud storage is the additionally installed cloud storage; and

a broker Application Programming Interface (API) provision unit configured to;

abstract a storage API corresponding to a type of cloud storage into a broker API using an API mapping table;

provide the content to a terminal device using the broker API;

determine whether the additionally installed cloud storage is a new type when the cloud storage is the additionally installed cloud storage;

add a new storage API corresponding to the new type to the API mapping table when it is determined that the additionally installed cloud storage is the new type; and

abstract the new storage API into the broker API,

wherein the content alignment unit comprises;

a movement determination unit configured to;

determine the content to be a movement target when the content corresponds to one or more of a distributed recording state, large-capacity content, and a log file; and

determine that the content is in a distributed recording state when a number of cloud storages exceeds a preset allowable number of storages,

wherein the pieces of content corresponding to each identifier is distributed and recorded in the number of cloud storages;

an identifier storage unit configured to store identifiers corresponding to the pieces of content; and

a signal transmission unit configured to transmit a movement signal to the cloud storage such that the content is moved to a destination storage when the content is the movement target.

2. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content alignment unit further comprises a storage selection unit for selecting the destination storage depending on whether the content corresponds to any one of a distributed recording state, large-capacity content, and a log file.

3. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 1, wherein each identifier is an uploader identifier corresponding to a content uploader that has uploaded the content.

4. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the movement determination unit is configured to, when a capacity of the content exceeds a preset allowable capacity, determine that the content is large-capacity content.

5. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 1, wherein the movement determination unit is configured to, when content recorded in the cloud storage is partitioned into a plurality of content segments and a sum of capacities of the content segments exceeds a preset reference capacity, determine that the content is large-capacity content.

6. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the storage selection unit selects destination storages so that, when the content is in the distributed recording state, a number of destination storages does not exceed the allowable number of storages.

7. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the storage selection unit is configured to, when the content is large-capacity content, select a cloud storage, a capacity of which exceeds a preset reference capacity, as the destination storage.

8. The cloud storage management apparatus of claim 2, wherein the storage selection unit is configured to, when the content is a log file, select a cloud storage, performance of which exceeds preset reference performance, as the destination storage.

9. A cloud storage management method, comprising:

transmitting, to a cloud storage, a movement signal;

aligning and moving pieces of content recorded in the cloud storage;

abstracting a storage Application Programming Interface (API) corresponding to a type of cloud storage into a broker API using an API mapping table; and

providing the content to a terminal device using the broker API,

wherein aligning and moving the content comprises;

determining that the content is a movement target when the content corresponds to one or more of a distributed recording state, large-capacity content, and a log file;

when the cloud storage is an additionally installed cloud storage, aligning and moving content recorded in an existing cloud storage to the additionally installed cloud storage;

storing identifiers corresponding to the pieces of content; and

when the content is the movement target, transmitting a movement signal to the cloud storage such that the content is moved to a destination storage,

wherein providing the content to the terminal device using the broker API comprises;

when the cloud storage is the additionally installed cloud storage, determining whether the additionally installed cloud storage is a new type;

when it is determined that the additionally installed cloud storage is the new type, adding a new storage API corresponding to the new type to the API mapping table; and

abstracting the new storage API into the broker API, and

wherein determining that the content is the movement target comprises;

when a number of cloud storage exceeds a preset allowable number of storages, determining that the content is in a distributed recording state, wherein the pieces of content corresponding to each identifier is distributed and recorded in the number of cloud storages.

10. The cloud storage management method of claim 9, wherein aligning and moving the content comprises selecting destination storages so that, when the content is in the distributed recording state, a number of destination storages does not exceed an allowable number of storages.

11. The cloud storage management method of claim 9, wherein each identifier is an uploader identifier corresponding to a content uploader that has uploaded the content.

12. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program for executing a cloud storage management method, comprising:

transmitting, to a cloud storage, a movement signal;

aligning and moving pieces of content recorded in the cloud storage;

abstracting a storage Application Programming Interface (API) corresponding to a type of cloud storage into a broker API using an API mapping table; and

providing the content to a terminal device using the broker API,

wherein aligning and moving the content comprises;

determining that the content is a movement target when the content corresponds to one or more of a distributed recording state, large-capacity content, and a log file;

when the cloud storage is an additionally installed cloud storage, aligning and moving content recorded in an existing cloud storage to the additionally installed cloud storage;

storing identifiers corresponding to the pieces of content; and

when the content is the movement target, transmitting a movement signal to the cloud storage such that the content is moved to a destination storage,

wherein providing the content to the terminal device using the broker API comprises;

when the cloud storage is the additionally installed cloud storage, determining whether the additionally installed cloud storage is a new type;

when it is determined that the additionally installed cloud storage is the new type, adding a new storage API corresponding to the new type to the API mapping table; and

abstracting the new storage API into the broker API, and

wherein determining that the content is the movement target comprises;

when a number of cloud storage exceeds a preset allowable number of storages, determining that the content is in a distributed recording state, wherein the pieces of content corresponding to each identifier is distributed and recorded in the number of cloud storages.