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Methods and apparatus for providing hypervisor level data services for server virtualization

  • US 9,710,294 B2
  • Filed: 07/04/2011
  • Issued: 07/18/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for cloud-based data services for multiple enterprises, comprising:

  • a plurality of cloud hypervisors that provide cloud-based services to a plurality of enterprises, each of the plurality of cloud hypervisors comprising;

    a plurality of cloud virtual servers, each cloud virtual server associated with at least one enterprise of the plurality of enterprises;

    at least one cloud virtual disk that is read from and written to by at least one cloud virtual server of the plurality of cloud virtual servers, the at least one cloud virtual disk associated with at least one enterprise of the plurality of enterprises; and

    a virtual data services appliance, which provides cloud-based data services;

    a rights manager that restricts access of a first enterprise of the plurality of enterprises to at least one cloud hypervisor associated with the first enterprise based on a restriction policy between the first enterprise and the plurality of cloud hypervisors; and

    multiple data services managers, each data services manager of the multiple data services managers associated with at least one enterprise of the plurality of enterprises, wherein each data service manager coordinates a respective virtual data services appliance for at least one cloud hypervisor of the plurality of cloud hypervisors, each data services manager in communication with each of the multiple data services managers to communicate a state of the respective virtual data services appliance.

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