SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DE-POPULATING CLOUD DATA STORE

• US 20120221683A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 08/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ferris, James Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,606,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/17331 Distributed shared memory [DSM], e.g. remote direct memory access [RDMA]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• 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 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for de-populating a cloud data store. In aspects, data from premise or other sources can be stored in a set of host storage clouds. A network administrator, owner, or other user can initiate the extraction of the set of cloud-populated data, and migrate that data to a set of step-down data stores, such as on-premise databases, servers, and/or other stores. A staging engine hosted in a cloud data distribution service can manage the discovery, reading-out, and delivery of the set of cloud-populated data to the set of step-down data stores. The staging engine can configure high-bandwidth data connections to the distribution service from the host storage clouds, and/or to the target step-down data stores from the data distribution service. A set of de-population commands can specify the connections, target data locations, file or directory formats, and/or other parameters to be used to re-locate the cloud-populated data.

Claims

1. A method of managing the transport of a set of cloud-populated data, comprising:

receiving an identification of the set of cloud-populated data to be transported from a set of host storage clouds to at least one target data store;

identifying a data transport pathway from the set of host storage clouds to the at least one target data store; and

initiating the transport of the set of cloud-populated data to the at least one target data store via a data distribution service based on a set of de-population commands.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one target data store comprises at least one data store in a premise network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one target data store comprises at least one data store in a virtual network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of cloud-populated data comprises at least one of a set of selected databases, directories, or files stored in one or more local cloud data stores hosted in the set of host storage clouds.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least a set of dedicated transport connections between the set of host storage clouds and the data distribution service.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of dedicated transport connections comprises at least one of a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or an optical network connection.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data distribution service is located within at least one of geographic proximity or network proximity of the set of host storage clouds.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least a set of dedicated reverse staging connections between the data distribution service and the at least one target data store.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the set of dedicated reverse staging connections comprises at least one of a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or an optical network connection.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data distribution service is located within at least one of geographic proximity or network proximity of the at least one target store.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least—

a set of dedicated transport connections between the set of host storage clouds and the data distribution service, and

a set of dedicated reverse staging connections between the data distribution service and the at least one target data store.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of de-population commands comprises at least one of a set of specifications for the data transport pathway, an identification of the set of cloud-populated data, an identification of a set of locations of the set of cloud-populated data, a set of security specifications for the set of cloud-populated data, or a schedule for conducting the transport of the set of cloud-populated data.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising at least one of—

deleting the set of cloud-populated data from the set of host storage clouds after transport of the set of cloud-populated data to the at least one target data store, or

archiving the set of cloud-populated data from the set of host storage clouds after transport of the set of cloud-populated data to the at least one target data store.

14. A system for managing the transport of a set of cloud-populated data, comprising:

an interface to at least one target data store coupled to a data distribution service; and

a processor, communicating with the at least one target data store via the interface, the processor being configured to—

receive an identification of the set of cloud-populated data to be transported from a set of host storage clouds to the at least one target data store,

identify a data transport pathway from the set of host storage clouds to the at least one target data store, and

initiate the transport of the set of cloud-populated data to the at least one target data store via a data distribution service based on a set of de-population commands.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one target data store comprises at least one data store in a premise network.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the at least one target data store comprises at least one data store in a virtual network.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the set of cloud-populated data comprises at least one of a set of selected databases, directories, or files stored in one or more local cloud data stores hosted in the set of host storage clouds.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least a set of dedicated transport connections between the set of host storage clouds and the data distribution service.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the set of dedicated transport connections comprises at least one of a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or an optical network connection.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the data distribution service is located within at least one of geographic proximity or network proximity of the set of host storage clouds.

21. The system of claim 14, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least a set of dedicated reverse staging connections between the data distribution service and the at least one target data store.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the set of dedicated reverse staging connections comprises at least one of a wide area network (WAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), or an optical network connection.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the data distribution service is located within at least one of geographic proximity or network proximity of the at least one target store.

24. The system of claim 14, wherein the data transport pathway comprises at least—

a set of dedicated transport connections between the set of host storage clouds and the data distribution service, and

a set of dedicated reverse staging connections between the data distribution service and the at least one target data store.