Data Connector Component for Cloud Management Request Offloading

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Solution Overview

Problem

The integration of primary storage systems with cloud computing environments results in loss of robust functionality due to incompatibility, leading to increased costs and reduced scalability, while existing solutions like US 2018/196827 A1 and US 2018/356989 A1 do not address computational stress on storage operating systems.

Innovation Solution

An object file system is used to store and manage data in a cloud environment, enabling snapshot representation, deduplication, and version neutrality, with a data connector component offloading management tasks to external modules to reduce computational stress.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If primary storage systems are integrated with cloud computing environments, then robust data management features are maintained, but compatibility issues arise leading to loss of functionality and increased costs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata management featuresVSAvoidcompatibility with cloud environment

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

A data connector component is introduced as an intermediary between the primary storage system and the cloud computing environment. This connector translates management requests from the storage system into cloud-compatible operations, enabling robust data management features to function within the cloud environment without direct compatibility requirements between the storage system and cloud infrastructure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system is segmented into distinct functional components: the primary storage system, the data connector component, and the cloud computing environment. This segmentation allows each component to operate independently with its own optimization, while the connector handles the integration complexity, resolving the compatibility issue between storage management features and cloud environment requirements.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Reliability

If management requests are processed by the storage operating system, then data management functionality is maintained, but computational stress on the storage operating system increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata management functionalityVSAvoidcomputational stress on storage operating system

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

Management request processing is extracted from the storage operating system and relocated to the data connector component. The connector receives management requests from the storage system, processes them independently, and executes appropriate cloud operations. This extraction reduces the computational burden on the storage operating system while maintaining full data management functionality through the connector's processing capabilities.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentEP4241159B1Data connector component for implementing management requests

Publication Date: 2025.08.27 NETAPP INC

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AI summary

Techniques are provided for implementing management requests associated with objects of an object store. A data connector component may be instantiated as a container for processing management requests associated with backup data stored within an object store as an object according to an object format. A management request associated with the backup data may be received by the data connector component. A structure associated with the object having the object format may be traversed by the data connector component to identify the backup data. The data connector component may be implemented upon the backup data stored within the object.