DATA STORAGE IN A CLOUD

• US 20120110044A1
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Published: 05/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: NAGPAL, Abhinay R., PATIL, Sandeep R., RAMANATHAN, Sri, TREVATHAN, Matthew B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/827
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/122 using management policies backup systems G06F11/1446; file migration policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing storage of data in a cloud by receiving a request, wherein the request includes information to store data within a cloud, environment comprising a plurality of data storages coupled to each other over a network; routing the data to be stored within a specific location of storage within the cloud environment by checking for any regulatory compliance. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for managing data in a cloud, the method comprising:

receiving a request, wherein the request includes information to store data within a cloud, environment comprising a plurality of data storages coupled to each other over a network;

routing the data to be stored within a specific location of storage within the cloud environment.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein routing the data to be stored within a specific location within the cloud environment comprises

determining a set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data;

selecting the specific location of storage within the cloud environment is based on the set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data may be structured or unstructured.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the attributes includes a set of pre-defined rules.

5. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the attribute includes checking for any regulatory compliance.

6. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the set of pre-defined rules is selected by the user.

7. The method as claimed in claim 4, wherein based on the set of pre-defined rules the specific location of storage within the cloud environment is determined.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a routing system associated with the cloud is configured to read and parse at least the file attributes or the pre-defined rules and selected a specific location of storage for the data within the cloud environment.

19. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the network comprises a cloud infrastructure coupled at least by one of a wired mean, a wireless means or a combination thereof.

8. The method as claimed in 1, wherein the user on changing the specific location of storage from a first location to a second location configures the data to be copied from the first location to the second location and deletes the data from the first location.

10. A system configured for managing data in a cloud comprising at least a processor and a memory, the system configured for:

receiving a request, wherein the request includes information to store data within a cloud, environment comprising a plurality of data storages coupled to each other over a network;

routing the data to be stored within a specific location of storage within the cloud environment.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein routing the data to be stored within a specific location within the cloud environment comprises

determining a set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data;

selecting the specific location of storage within the cloud environment is based on the set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the data may be structured or unstructured.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the attributes includes a set of pre-defined rules.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the attribute includes checking for any regulatory compliance.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the set of pre-defined rules is selected by the user.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein based on the set of pre-defined rules the specific location of storage within the cloud environment is determined.

18. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein a routing system associated with the cloud is configured to read and parse at least the file attributes or the pre-defined rules and selected a specific location of storage for the data within the cloud environment.

17. The system as claimed in 10, wherein the user on changing the specific location of storage from a first location to a second location configures the data to be copied from the first location to the second location and deletes the data from the first location.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having readable program code embodied in the storage medium, the computer program product includes at least one component operable to

receiving a request, wherein the request includes information to store data within a cloud, environment comprising a plurality of data storages coupled to each other over a network;

routing the data to be stored within a specific location of storage within the cloud environment further comprising

determining a set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data, wherein the attributes are a set of pre-defined rules;

selecting the specific location of storage within the cloud environment is based on the set of pre-defined attributes associated with the data,

wherein the data may be structured or unstructured; and

checking the predefined attributes for any regulatory compliance prior to routing the data to be stored within the specific location of storage within the cloud environment.