Analyzing tenant-specific data

• US 9,684,712 B1
• Filed: 09/28/2010
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Todd, Stephen J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Susan
• Application Number:
  US12/892,069
• Time in Patent Office: 2,457 Days
• Field of Search: 713176, 715744, 726 11, 707661, 707694, 707647, 707679, 709223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/128 Details of file system snapshots on the file-level, e.g. snapshot creation, administration, deletion use of snapshots for error detection or correction G06F11/14, G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/182 Distributed file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/188 Virtual file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3335 Syntactic pre-processing, e.g. stopword elimination, stemming

Abstract

A method for use in analyzing tenant-specific data is disclosed. First data for a first tenant and second data for a second tenant is stored in a multi-tenant data storage system. A first portion of the first data is selected. Based on the selection, the first portion of the first data is copied to a data store that is specific to the first tenant. Data analysis techniques are applied to the data store.

Claims

1. A method for use in analyzing tenant-specific data, the method comprising:

presenting a configuration graphical user interface (GUI) to a first tenant in a first multi-tenant data storage system having a storage processor, wherein the configuration GUI includes an application provisioning interface for provisioning a specific application;

selecting, via the configuration GUI, an application for provisioning, wherein selecting includes selecting configuration options associated with the selected application and enabling data auditing and data mining associated with the first tenant'"'"'s use of the application to be provisioned;

allocating storage system resources associated with the selected application, wherein allocating includes selecting a particular interface protocol based on the selected application, wherein the interface protocol is a block-based interface, file-based interface, or an object-based interface;

enabling, via the configuration GUI, data auditing and data mining associated with the selected application prior to provisioning the selected application;

storing, in the first multi-tenant data storage system, first data for the first tenant and second data for a second tenant, wherein the first tenant is isolated from the second tenant;

selecting a first portion of the first data, wherein selecting is based the selected configuration options associated with the application;

based on the selection, copying the first portion of the first data to a data store located in a second multi-tenant data storage system that is specific to the first tenant, wherein the second multi-tenant data storage system is an application-aware object-based data storage system; and

applying data analysis techniques to the data store.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the first portion of the first data is based on the first portion'"'"'s association with an application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of the first portion of the first data is based on a user selection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is an object-based data storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store comprises a virtual pool.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the virtual pool is associated with the first tenant.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is located within the multi-tenant data storage system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data store is physically separated from the multi-tenant data storage system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a first portion of the first data is performed on a periodic basis.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a first portion of the first data is performed upon an I/O request.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting of a first portion of the first data is performed upon a user request.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the applying of data analysis techniques to the data store is performed upon a request by the first tenant.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the applying of data analysis techniques to the data store is performed on a periodic basis.

14. A system for use in analyzing tenant-specific data, the system comprising:

first logic configured to;

present a configuration graphical user interface (GUI) to a first tenant in a first multi-tenant data storage system having a storage processor, wherein the configuration GUI includes an application provisioning interface for provisioning a specific application;

select, via the configuration GUI, an application for provisioning, wherein selecting includes selecting configuration options associated with the application and enabling data auditing and mining;

allocate storage system resources associated with the selected application, wherein allocating includes selecting a particular interface protocol based on the selected application;

enable, via the configuration GUI, data auditing and mining data associated with the selected application prior to provisioning the selected application; and

store, in the first multi-tenant data storage system, first data for the first tenant and second data for a second tenant, wherein the first tenant is isolated from the second tenant;

second logic configured to select a first portion of the first data, wherein selecting is based the selected configuration options associated with the application;

third logic configured to copy the first portion of the first data to a data store located in a second multi-tenant data storage system that is specific to the first tenant, wherein the second multi-tenant data storage system is an application-aware object-based data storage system; and

fourth logic configured to apply data analysis techniques to the data store.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the selecting of the first portion of the first data is based on the first portion'"'"'s association with an application.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the selecting of the first portion of the first data is based on a user selection.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the data store is an object-based data storage device.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the data store comprises a virtual pool.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the virtual pool is associated with the first tenant.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the data store is located within the multi-tenant data storage system.