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TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING TENANT BASED STORAGE SECURITY AND SERVICE LEVEL ASSURANCE IN CLOUD STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

  • US 20130036449A1
  • Filed: 07/26/2012
  • Published: 02/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and processed by one or more processors of a machine configured to perform the method, comprising:

  • receiving, at the machine, a request for access to a portion of shared storage situated in a cloud environment, the request originates from a tenant and the storage services multiple other tenants from the cloud environment;

    instantiating, on the machine, a tenant storage machine (TSM) uniquely assigned to the tenant;

    dynamically allocating, on the machine, operating system (OS) resources for the TSM based on service level assurance (SLA) policies for the tenant, the OS resources accessible from within the TSM; and

    processing, on the machine, the request within the TSM using the OS resources and in accordance with the SLA policies.

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