INTEGRATED STORAGE PLATFORM SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF

• US 20140052939A1
• Filed: 11/16/2012
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Iscom Phecda Intelligence Information Incorporated
• Original Assignee: National Chiao Tung University (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: TSENG, Chien-Chao, HO, Cheng-Yun, LIN, Chia-Liang, WU, Chieh
• Granted Patent: US 8,918,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 12/00 Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures digital input from, or digital output to record carriers, e.g. to disk storage units, G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0676 Magnetic disk device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0685 Hybrid storage combining heterogeneous device types, e.g. hierarchical storage, hybrid arrays

Abstract

The present invention discloses an integrated storage platform system and a method thereof. The system comprises at least one adaption module respectively connecting with at least one storage space and each performing a plurality of adaption settings corresponding to one storage space; a storage administration module connecting with the adaption modules and processing the files of the storage spaces; and an access interface connecting the storage administration module, operated by a user to access the storage space through the storage administration module and the adaption module, and presenting access results to the user. The present invention establishes different adaption modules to enable the user to link to and access different types of storage spaces.

Claims

1. An integrated storage platform system comprising

at least one adaption module respectively connecting with at least one storage space and each performing a plurality of adaption settings corresponding to one said storage space;

a storage administration module connecting with said at least one adaption module and processing at least one file of said at least one storage space; and

an access interface connecting said storage administration module, operated by a user to access said at least one storage space through said storage administration module and said at least one adaption module, and presenting results of access to said user.

2. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one storage space is a disc of a computer of said user, and wherein said adaption settings are related to an operating system of said user.

3. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one storage space is an external storage space accessed through a network, and wherein said adaption settings are related to a standard protocol, API (Application Programming Interface), or a webpage server.

4. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein said user sends a command to said storage administration module, and said storage administration module intercourses with said user via returning a content of said at least one storage space.

5. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein said storage administration module further comprises a processing module responsible for deleting, renaming and duplicating said at least one file, and adding a new file.

6. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 5, wherein said processing module stores names and routes of said at least one file in a metadata storage unit, and wherein said metadata storage unit is arranged in said storage administration module.

7. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein according to different providers of said at least one storage space, said at least one storage space are respectively presented as different folders on a computer of said user.

8. The integrated storage platform system according to claim 1, wherein said storage administration module uses an authentication information of said user to undertake authentication with said at least one storage space through said at least one adaption module.

9. An access method of an integrated storage platform system, which is able to add, delete, edit, and look up storage spaces, comprising steps:

an access interface sending a command of a user to a storage administration module;

said storage administration module selecting an appropriate adaption module from at least one adaption module according to said command, and linking to a corresponding storage space of at least one storage space through said appropriate adaption module; and

presenting a content of said corresponding storage space to said user through said access interface to enable said user to access said corresponding storage space through said storage administration module and said appropriate adaption module.

10. An access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein said at least one storage space is a disc of a computer of said user, which is accessed with an operating system of said user.

11. An access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein said at least one storage space is an external storage space accessed through a network via a standard protocol, API (Application Programming Interface), or a webpage server.

12. The access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein said user sends a command to said storage administration module, and said storage administration module intercourses with said user via returning a content of said at least one storage space.

13. The access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein said storage administration module further comprises a processing module responsible for deleting, renaming and duplicating said at least one file, and adding a new file.

14. The access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 13, wherein said processing module stores names and routes of said at least one file in a metadata storage unit, and wherein said metadata storage unit is arranged in said storage administration module.

15. The access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein according to different providers are respectively presented as different folders of said user.

16. The access method of an integrated storage platform system according to claim 9, wherein said storage administration module uses an authentication information of said user to undertake authentication with said at least one storage space through said at least one adaption module.