LIKELIHOOD OF ACCESS BASED OBJECT STORAGE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

• US 20180203636A1
• Filed: 10/30/2015
• Published: 07/19/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2015
• 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: Pulipaka, Shilpa, Ghosh, Subhabrata, Chandnani, Ashok
• Application Number:
  US15/757,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20180203636A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1744 using compression, e.g. sparse files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1827 Management specifically adapted to NAS management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0638 Organizing or formatting or addressing of data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Example implementations relate to object storage in a cloud storage environment. For example, an object may be received for storage in the cloud storage environment, and a likelihood of access may be determined for the object, based on a predicted access attribute of the object with respect to a time interval. A storage format may be selected for the object from a plurality of available storage formats of a single-tiered storage resource, for storing the object in the cloud storage environment. The storage format may be selected for individual objects of the collection based on an accessibility characteristic of the storage format and the likelihood of access of the object.

Claims

1. A method for managing object storage in a cloud storage environment, the method comprising:

receiving an object to be stored in the cloud storage environment;

determining a likelihood of access for the object based on a predicted access attribute of the object with respect to a time interval; and

selecting a storage format from a plurality of available storage formats of a single-tiered storage resource, for storing the object in the cloud storage environment;

wherein the storage format is selected for the object based on an accessibility characteristic of the storage format and the likelihood of access of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the likelihood of access for the object is selected from the group consisting of (i) high, indicating that an object has a high likelihood of access, (ii) medium, indicating that an object has a medium likelihood of access, and (iii) low, indicating that an object has a low likelihood of access.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein selecting the storage format from the plurality of available storage format further comprises:

selecting an uncompressed storage format if the object has a high likelihood of access;

selecting a compressed storage format for the object; and

storing a copy of each individual object according to the selected storage format.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining, based on the predicted access attribute of an object with respect to the time interval, that the object has a high likelihood of access but should instead have a medium likelihood of access; and

deleting the uncompressed copy of the object.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining, based on the predicted access attribute of an object with respect to the time interval, that the object has a medium likelihood of access but should instead have a high likelihood of access;

selecting an uncompressed storage format for the object; and

restoring the uncompressed copy of the object.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

receiving a request for an object; and

providing access to the requested object according to the object'"'"'s accessibility characteristic.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the requested object has a high likelihood of access; and

providing access to the requested object includes providing access to the uncompressed copy of the requested object according to a synchronous accessibility characteristic.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the requested object has a medium likelihood of access; and

providing access to the requested object includes providing access to the compressed copy of the requested object according to a synchronous accessibility characteristic.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the requested object has a low likelihood of access; and

providing access to the requested object includes providing access to the compressed copy of the requested object according to an asynchronous accessibility characteristic.

10. An object management platform, comprising:

a processor;

a single tiered cloud-based storage resource; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the object management platform to;

receive an object to be stored in the single-tiered cloud-based storage resource;

determine a likelihood of access for the object based on a predicted access attribute of the object with respect to a time interval; and

if the object has a high likelihood of access, store a compressed copy of the object and an uncompressed copy of the object in the single-tiered cloud-based storage resource.

11. The object management platform of claim 10, wherein the likelihood of access for the object is selected from the group consisting of (i) high, indicating that an object has a high likelihood of access, (ii) medium, indicating that an object has a medium likelihood of access, and (iii) low, indicating that an object has a low likelihood of access.

12. The object management platform of claim 11, wherein execution of the instructions further causes the object management platform to:

if the object has a medium likelihood of access or a low likelihood of access, store a compressed copy of the object in the single-tiered cloud-based storage resource.

13. The object management platform of claim 12, wherein execution of the instructions further causes the object management platform to:

determine, based on the predicted access attribute of an object with respect to the time interval, that the object has a high likelihood of access but should instead have a medium likelihood of access; and

delete the uncompressed copy of the object.

14. The object management platform of claim 12, wherein execution of the instructions further causes the object management platform to:

determine, based on the predicted access attribute of an object with respect to the time interval, that the object has a medium likelihood of access but should instead have a high likelihood of access; and

store an uncompressed copy of the object in the single-tiered cloud-based storage resource.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an object management platform, cause the object management platform to:

receive an object to be stored in the cloud storage environment;

determine a likelihood of access for the object based on a predicted access attribute of the object with respect to a time interval; and

select a storage format from a plurality of available storage formats of a single-tiered storage resource, for storing the object in a cloud storage environment;

wherein the storage format is selected for the object based on an accessibility characteristic of the storage format and the likelihood of access of the object.