DATA MIGRATION

• US 20130246553A1
• Filed: 03/16/2012
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Lee, Hyoung-Gon
• Application Number:
  US13/642,739
• Publication Number:
  US 20130246553A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/167 using a common memory, e.g. mailbox
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/119 Details of migration of file systems migration mechanisms in storage systems G06F3/0647

Abstract

Technologies are generally described for processing data. In some examples, a method performed under control of a server may include receiving, from an end device, an instruction to migrate or move data stored in an original storage to a target storage, moving the data from the original storage to the target storage in response to the receipt of the instruction and updating meta-data stored in the server based on the movement of the data.

Claims

1. A method performed under control of a server, comprising:

receiving, from an end device that is operatively connected to the server via a first network, an instruction to move data stored in an original storage, that is operatively connected to the server via a second network, to a target storage, that is operatively connected to the server via a third network;

moving the data from the original storage to the target storage in response to the receipt of the instruction; and

updating meta-data stored in the server based on the movement of the data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first network, the second network and the third network is an internet network.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the meta-data includes at least one of a present storage location of the data and contents of the data, and

wherein the present storage location of the data is at one of the original storage and the target storage.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, from the end device, a readout request of the data;

retrieving the data based on the present storage location of the data; and

providing the retrieved data to the end device.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving other data from the end device;

storing the other data in the target storage; and

updating the meta-data based on the storing of the other data.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the other data is modified from the data.

2. (canceled)

8. A method performed under control of a server, comprising:

receiving, from an end device, an instruction to move data stored in an original storage to a target storage;

retrieving the data from the original storage; and

storing the retrieved data in the target storage.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the server has meta-data that includes at least one of a present storage location of the stored data and contents of the stored data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

updating the meta-data based on the storing of the data.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, from the end device, a readout request of the stored data;

retrieving the stored data based on the present storage location of the stored data; and

providing the stored data to the end device.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving other data from the end device;

storing the other data in the target storage; and

updating the meta-data based on the storing of the other data,

wherein the other data is modified from the stored data.

13. A server, comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive, from an end device that is operatively connected to the server via a first network, an instruction to move data stored in an original storage, that is operatively connected to the server via a second network, to a target storage, that is operatively connected to the server via a third network;

a meta-data storage unit configured to store meta-data that includes at least one of a present storage location of the data and contents of the data;

a data processing unit configured to move the data from the original storage to the target storage in response to the receipt of the instruction; and

a meta-data updating unit configured to update the meta-data based on the movement of the data.

16. The server of claim 13,

wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive, from the end device, a readout request of the data, and

wherein the data processing unit is further configured to retrieve the data based on the present storage location of the data and to provide the retrieved data to the end device.

17. The server of claim 13,

wherein the receiving unit is further configured to receive, from the end device, other data that is modified from the data,

wherein the data processing unit is further configured to store the other data in the target storage, and

wherein the meta-data updating unit is further configured to update the meta-data based on the storing of the other data.

14. (canceled)

15. The server of claim 14, wherein at least one of the first network, the second network and the third network is an internet network.

18. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a server to perform operations, comprising:

receiving, from an end device, an instruction to move data stored in an original storage to a target storage;

moving the data from the original storage to the target storage in response to the receipt of the instruction; and

updating meta-data stored in the server.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18,

wherein the meta-data includes at least one of a present storage location of the data and contents of the data, and

wherein the present storage location of the data is at one of the original storage and the target storage.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the end device, a readout request of the data;

retrieving the data based on the present storage location of the data; and

providing the retrieved data to the end device.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, from the end device, other data that is modified from the data;

storing the other data in the target storage; and

updating the meta-data based on the storing of the other data.

22. A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program for moving data stored in an original storage to a target storage, the program comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive, from an end device that is operatively connected to a host of the computer-readable storage medium via a first network, an instruction to move the data from the original storage, that is operatively connected to the host of the computer-readable storage medium via a second network, to the target storage, that is operatively connected to the host of the computer-readable storage medium via a third network;

a data processing module configured to retrieve the data from the original storage and to store the retrieved data in the target storage;

a meta-data storage unit configured to store meta-data that includes at least one of a present storage location of the data and contents of the data; and

a meta-data updating unit configured to update the meta-data based on the movement of the data.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the meta-data includes at least one of a present storage location of the data and contents of the data, and

wherein the present storage location of the data is at one of the original storage and the target storage.