Dedicated Storage Path for Cloud Disaster Recovery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud providers face challenges in providing disaster recovery services without exposing their internal infrastructure to cloud end-users, which poses a security risk and requires custom development and manual steps, limiting the availability of out-of-the-box solutions for multi-tenant cloud environments.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing a dedicated storage path to facilitate disaster recovery, where a cloud computing site configures a backup routine to generate and transmit backed-up resources to a cloud storage device, and provisions a virtual machine corresponding to the latest backup, ensuring the cloud provider's infrastructure remains inaccessible while enabling user-initiated backup and recovery processes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If cloud providers expose their internal infrastructure to cloud end-users for disaster recovery services, then service functionality is improved, but security risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a storage path as an intermediary component that enables disaster recovery operations without direct access to the cloud provider's internal infrastructure. The storage path acts as a controlled interface that mediates between the cloud storage device and external access requests, allowing backup and recovery functions while maintaining infrastructure security isolation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If cloud providers implement custom disaster recovery solutions, then service customization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage path is designed as a universal interface that handles multiple disaster recovery operations (backup, restore, access) through a single standardized mechanism. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate custom solutions for different recovery scenarios, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining service adaptability.
3Reliability
If cloud providers require manual steps for disaster recovery operations, then operational control is improved, but ease of operation worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables cloud end-users to perform disaster recovery operations independently through the storage path interface. Users can initiate backups, restores, and access backed-up data without requiring manual intervention from cloud providers, thereby maintaining operational control while significantly improving ease of operation.
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AI summary
A method, computer program product, and computing system for using a storage path to facilitate disaster recovery are described. A method may comprise receiving a selection of the storage path to facilitate access to a cloud storage device by the cloud computing client. The method may further comprise configuring the storage path to facilitate access to the cloud storage device by the cloud computing client, wherein the storage path is dedicated to the cloud computing client, and wherein a cloud computing site infrastructure is inaccessible to the cloud computing client via the storage path. The method may also comprise configuring a backup routine to generate a backed-up client resource and transmit the backed-up client resource to the cloud storage device via the storage path. The method may additionally comprise transmitting a list of backed-up client resources stored at the cloud storage device.