STORAGE TIERS FOR DIFFERENT BACKUP TYPES

• US 20120095968A1
• Filed: 10/17/2010
• Published: 04/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Gold, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US12/906,108
• Publication Number:
  US 20120095968A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/652
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1456 Hardware arrangements for backup
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1458 Management of the backup or restore process
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1464 for networked environments

Abstract

Systems and methods of providing storage tiers for different backup types. An embodiment of a method includes receiving a backup job from a client for data on a virtualized storage node. The method also includes identifying a type of the backup job. The method also includes storing data on at least one other virtualized storage node in a first tier or a second tier. Selection between the first tier and the second tier is based on the type of the backup job.

Claims

1. A method of providing storage tiers for different backup types, comprising:

receiving a backup job from a client for data on a virtualized storage node;

identifying a type of the backup job; and

storing data on at least one other virtualized storage node in a first tier or a second tier, selection between the first tier and the second tier based on the type of the backup job.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining recent backup jobs in the first tier based on a migration policy.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising migrating prior backup jobs on the at least one other virtualized storage node in the second tier.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising converting a prior backup job maintained in the first tier to a format for migrating to the second tier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tier is for non-deduplicated data and the second tier is for deduplicated data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tier provides faster restore to the client of the backup job than the second tier.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second tier provides greater storage capacity than the first tier.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the type of the backup job is one of full and incremental.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising limiting full backup jobs to one backup job in the first tier, wherein additional backup jobs are on the second tier.

10. A system providing storage tiers for different backup types for different backup types, comprising:

an interface between a plurality of virtualized storage nodes and a client, the interface configured to identify a type of a backup job from the client for backing up data on a virtualized storage node; and

a migration manager operatively associated with the interface, the migration manager configured to manage migrating of data on at least one other virtualized storage node in a first tier or a second tier, the migration manager configured to select between the first tier and the second tier based on the type of the backup job.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein at least one most recent backup job is maintained in the first tier based on a migration policy.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein prior backup jobs are migrating on the at least one other virtualized storage node in the second tier.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a conversion manager configured to convert a prior backup job in the first tier to a format for migrating to the second tier.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the first tier is for non-deduplicated data and the second tier is for deduplicated data.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the first tier provides faster restore to the client of the backup job than the second tier, and the second tier provides greater storage capacity than the first tier.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the type of the backup job is one of full and incremental.

17. A backup system comprising program code stored on computer readable storage and executable by a processor to:

determine a type of a backup job from the client for backing up data on a virtualized storage node;

select between a first tier and a second tier virtualized storage node based on the type of the backup job; and

manage migrating of data in the selected first tier or second tier to satisfy service level objectives for different backup types.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein at least one backup job is maintained in the first tier, and prior backup jobs are moved to the second tier, based on a migration policy.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the first tier is for non-deduplicated data and the second tier is for deduplicated data.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the first tier provides faster restore to the client of the backup job than the second tier, and the second tier provides greater storage capacity than the first tier.