Data management interface with plugins

• US 20080294854A1
• Filed: 05/25/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Schneider, James P., Karandikar, Anirudha Subhash
• Granted Patent: US 7,716,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0613 in relation to throughput
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0683 Plurality of storage devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5011 the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5016 the resource being the memory

Abstract

A method and apparatus for managing data. A request to perform a data operation is received from an application, the request identifying data on which to perform the data operation. The request is delegated to one or more of a plurality of plugins based on the requested data operation, each of the plurality of plugins being associated with at least one distinct data operation. The one or more plugins perform the requested data operation.

Claims

1. A method for a data management interface, comprising:

receiving a request to perform a data operation from an application, the request identifying data on which to perform the data operation;

delegating the request to one or more of a plurality of plugins based on the requested data operation, each of the plurality of plugins being associated with at least one distinct data operation; and

performing the requested data operation by the one or more plugins.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data operation is one of a read, write, and delete operation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request includes at least one of received data on which to perform the data operation, and a search parameter to locate stored data on which to perform the data operation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each of the one or more plugins analyzes at least one of the received data and the search parameter to determine how to perform the data operation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more plugins is responsible for at least one of storing data to, retrieving data from, and deleting data on at least one data storage device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein a data management interface is between a first application that generated the request and the at least one data storage device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data management interface is provided by an application that generates the request.

8. A machine-accessible medium including instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method for a data management interface, comprising:

receiving a request to perform a data operation from an application, the request identifying data on which to perform the data operation;

delegating the request to one or more of a plurality of plugins based on the requested data operation, each of the plurality of plugins being associated with at least one distinct data operation; and

performing the requested data operation by the one or more plugins.

9. The machine-accessible medium of claim 8, wherein the data operation is one of a read, write, and delete operation.

10. The machine-accessible medium of claim 8, wherein the request includes at least one of received data on which to perform the data operation, and a search parameter to locate stored data on which to perform the data operation.

11. The machine-accessible medium of claim 10, wherein each of the one or more plugins analyzes at least one of the received data and the search parameter to determine how to perform the data operation.

12. The machine-accessible medium of claim 8, wherein each of the one or more plugins is responsible for at least one of storing data to, retrieving data from, and deleting data on at least one data storage device.

13. The machine-accessible medium of claim 12, wherein a data management interface is between a first application that generated the request and the at least one data storage device.

14. The machine-accessible medium of claim 8, wherein the data management interface is provided by an application that generates the request.

15. A system, comprising:

one or more plugins, each of the one or more plugins associated with at least one distinct data operation; and

a data management interface networked to at least one data storage device and to an application, to receive a request to perform a first data operation, and to delegate the request to the one or more plugins based on the first data operation, the request identifying data on which to perform the first data operation.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first data operation is one of a read, write, and delete operation.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the request includes at least one of received data on which to perform the first data operation, and a search parameter to locate stored data on which to perform the first data operation.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the one or more plugins to analyze at least one of the received data and the search parameter to determine how to perform the first data operation.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein each of the one or more plugins is responsible for at least one of storing data to, retrieving data from, and deleting data on at least one data storage device.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the data management interface is provided by the application.