APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STORAGE FOR PROVIDING CLOUD SERVICES

• US 20190065061A1
• Filed: 08/07/2018
• Published: 02/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KIM, Dae-Won, KIM, Sun-Wook, KIM, Seong-Woon, OH, Soo-Cheol, CHA, Jae-Geun, CHOI, Ji-Hyeok
• Granted Patent: US 10,782,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0604 Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. storage management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0611 in relation to response time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0626 Reducing size or complexity of storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0631 by allocating resources to storage systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0665 at area level, e.g. provisioning of virtual or logical volumes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• 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

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing storage for providing a cloud service. The apparatus includes a data distribution and storage unit for distributing data in order to store the data in integrated storage, including on-premises storage and cloud storage; a backend storage management unit for connecting to the integrated storage in order to store the data and providing information about storage tiering pertaining to the data; a data manipulation unit for providing the integrated storage as virtual data storage regardless of a location at which the data is actually stored; and a storage connection unit for providing a user with an interface for the virtual data storage as a single virtual storage unit.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing storage for providing a cloud service, comprising:

a data distribution and storage unit for distributing data in order to store the data in integrated storage, including on-premises storage and cloud storage;

a backend storage management unit for connecting to the integrated storage in order to store the data and providing information about storage tiering pertaining to the data;

a data manipulation unit for providing the integrated storage as virtual data storage regardless of a location at which the data is actually stored; and

a storage connection unit for providing a user with an interface for the virtual data storage as a single virtual storage unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data distribution and storage unit minimizes time taken to write and access data by optimizing the data to be written to the integrated storage, and performs compression or encryption of the data.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data manipulation unit provides a write buffer function or a read cache function for the data and decrease a response time of a write operation or a read operation for the data using high-speed storage.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a provisioning and policy management unit for providing metadata for storing and distributing the data,

wherein the metadata includes first metadata for data operations and second metadata for storage operations.

5. A method for providing storage for providing a cloud service, performed by an apparatus for providing storage for providing a cloud service, comprising:

distributing data in order to store the data in integrated storage, including on-premises storage and cloud storage; and

managing the data by providing the integrated storage as virtual data storage regardless of a location at which the data is actually stored and by providing a user with an interface for the virtual data storage as a single virtual storage unit.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein managing the data comprises:

connecting to the integrated storage in order to store the data, and providing information about storage tiering pertaining to the data.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein distributing the data is configured to:

minimize time taken to write and access data by optimizing the data to be written to the integrated storage; and

perform compression or encryption of the data.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein managing the data is configured to provide a write buffer function or a read cache function for the data and to decrease a response time of a write operation or a read operation for the data using high-speed storage.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

performing provisioning by providing metadata for storing and distributing the data,

wherein the metadata includes first metadata for data operations and second metadata for storage operations.