Cloud-based content management system

• US 10,257,109 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2012
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Velasco, Marc B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Thuong
• Application Number:
  US13/352,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20130185434A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,638 Days
• Field of Search: 709226, 709231, 709233, 709224, 455418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing content management services in a Cloud computing environment. A content management application and associated content is distributed across a set of servers in a Cloud computing environment. Requests for Cloud content management services are received from requesters that are using the Cloud computing environment. The received requests are analyzed to determine an amount of resources needed for responding to the requests. Based on the results of the analysis and a predetermined set of rules, the content management application is dynamically replicated to additional servers within the Cloud computing environment. Any instance of the content management application is capable of replying to any received request so as to maintain a high throughput of the Cloud content management services.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to provide content management services in a Cloud computing environment, wherein the Cloud computing environment includes one or more servers storing content items to be accessed by clients through a workloads abstraction layer;

computer readable program code configured to dynamically create instances of a content management application in the workloads abstraction layer to reply to received requests for content items stored on servers in the Cloud computing environment;

computer readable program code configured to determine by an instance of the content management application, based on a received request from a client for a content item and based on a social algorithm, which other client is likely to request the same content item;

computer readable program code configured to determine on which servers in the Cloud computing environment one or more pieces of the requested content item are located, the one or more pieces together forming the requested content item;

computer readable program code configured to retrieve the one or more pieces of the requested content from the servers;

computer readable program code configured to prior to the other client requesting the content item, distribute the content item to the client and to the other client, respectively; and

computer readable program code configured to assemble the one or more retrieved pieces of the requested content on the client and on the other client, respectively.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to automatically migrate individual content items or repositories of content between servers within the Cloud computing environment, based on one or more of;

the size of the content items and the storage capabilities of the individual servers in the Cloud computing environment.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the computer readable program code configured to migrate individual content items or repositories of content includes:

computer readable program code configured to in response to a deterministic or non-deterministic event, divide singular content items or repositories of content, stored on a server in the Cloud computing environment into two or more content items or repositories, respectively; and

computer readable program code configured to store at least one of the divided content items or divided repositories on another server in the Cloud computing environment.

4. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the computer readable program code configured to migrate individual content items or repositories of content includes:

computer readable program code configured to in response to a deterministic or non-deterministic event, merge content items or repositories of content that are stored on a plurality of servers in the Cloud computing environment; and

computer readable program code configured to store the merged content items or repositories on a smaller subset of the plurality of servers in the Cloud computing environment.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to receive, at a central server in the Cloud computing environment, a content item from a client;

computer readable program code configured to attach a version identifier to the content item;

computer readable program code configured to divide the content item into two or more pieces; and

computer readable program code configured to distribute the pieces with attached version identifiers to other servers in the Cloud computing environment.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the content item is distributed from the client to the other client.

7. A system comprising:

one or more servers storing content items to be accessed by clients;

a memory comprising instructions executable by a processor;

a processor coupled to the memory that when executing the instructions stored in the memory causes the system to;

provide content management services in a Cloud computing environment through a workloads abstraction layer;

dynamically create instances of a content management application in the workloads abstraction layer to reply to received requests for content items stored on the one or more servers;

determine by an instance of the content management application, based on a received request from a client for a content item and based on a social algorithm, which other client is likely to request the same content items;

determine on which servers in the Cloud computing environment one or more pieces of the requested content item are located, the one or more pieces together forming the requested content item;

retrieve the one or more pieces of the requested content from the servers;

prior to the other client requesting the content item, distribute the downloaded content item to the client and to the other client, respectively; and

assemble the one or more retrieved pieces of the requested content on the client and on the other client, respectively.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor further causes the system to:

automatically migrate individual content items or repositories of content between servers within the Cloud computing environment, based on one or more of;

the size of the content items and the storage capabilities of the individual servers in the Cloud computing environment.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein migrating individual pieces of content or repositories of content includes:

in response to a deterministic or non-deterministic event, dividing or merging singular content items or repositories of content, stored on servers in the Cloud computing environment; and

storing at least one of the divided or merged content items or divided or merged repositories on another server in the Cloud computing environment.