Hybrid Cloud Network Bypassing Public Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current hybrid cloud solutions often incur high costs and performance inefficiencies due to the need for public cloud storage, which charges based on data retention and access, and may require upfront costs for private cloud infrastructure and maintenance.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid cloud network arrangement that links private data centers directly, bypassing public cloud storage for data transfers, using a public cloud database for metadata and policy decisions while storing data objects in private data centers, thus avoiding public cloud storage charges and maintaining performance advantages.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data is stored and transferred through public cloud storage service, then data accessibility and scalability are improved, but storage costs and access costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments data storage functionality by separating public cloud metadata services from private cloud data storage. The public cloud stores only directory information and metadata, while private data centers store actual data objects. This segmentation allows the system to maintain data accessibility through centralized directory management while eliminating expensive public cloud storage charges for data objects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hybrid cloud network as an intermediary layer between public cloud and private data centers. This intermediary enables data objects to be transferred directly between private data centers via the hybrid cloud network, bypassing the need to route through public cloud storage services, thus reducing storage and access costs while maintaining accessibility.
2Ease of operation
If data is transferred through public cloud storage service, then centralized data management is achieved, but transfer speed and performance decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments data management functions by keeping centralized directory and metadata management in the public cloud while enabling direct peer-to-peer data transfers between private data centers. This segmentation allows centralized management benefits to be retained without the performance penalty of routing all data transfers through the public cloud.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid cloud network acts as an intermediary that enables direct data transfers between private data centers while maintaining the appearance of centralized management. The public cloud directory service continues to provide centralized management capabilities, but data objects are transferred efficiently through the hybrid cloud network path rather than through public cloud storage.
3Reliability
If private data centers are established, then data security and performance are improved, but upfront infrastructure costs and maintenance costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments infrastructure requirements by separating data storage infrastructure (hosted in private data centers) from metadata management infrastructure (hosted in public cloud). This segmentation allows organizations to invest in private data center infrastructure only where needed for secure data storage, while leveraging existing public cloud metadata services, thereby reducing overall infrastructure costs while maintaining data security.
4Quantity of substance
If hybrid cloud arrangement is implemented, then cost efficiency and performance are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments functionality into distinct layers: public cloud directory service for metadata management and private data centers for data storage. This clear segmentation simplifies the hybrid architecture by defining explicit boundaries and responsibilities for each component, making the system easier to manage despite the multi-cloud nature.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a hybrid cloud network as an intermediary that simplifies the complexity of direct multi-cloud integration. This intermediary layer provides standardized interfaces and protocols for communication between public cloud directory services and private data centers, reducing the operational complexity that would otherwise arise from direct integration of multiple independent cloud systems.
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AI summary
A cloud environment is provided generally having at least one private data center possessing a controller/routing system and nonvolatile mass storage, a plurality of data objects retained in the nonvolatile mass storage, and a public cloud storage service provider linked to the controller/routing system. The public cloud storage service provider possessing a database containing policy decisions and metadata of the plurality of data objects. When data objects are uploaded to the cloud environment, the private data center is in possession of the data objects, the public cloud is not in possession of the data objects. The private data center is not in possession of the policy decisions and the metadata for the plurality of data objects, rather the public cloud storage service provider is. The public cloud storage service provider adapted to be communicatively linked to an end-user computing system by way of the controller/routing system. The end-user able to retrieve data objects from the cloud environment via the private data center that ascertains location information of one or more target data objects from one or more private data centers. The data objects retrieved do not pass through the public cloud service provider, but rather over data pathways independent of the public cloud service. The data center is independent of the public cloud storage provider.