Hybrid Digital Storage Architecture for Capacity Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing computer data storage methods result in significant underutilization of storage capacity, leading to economic and environmental waste, particularly in hybrid systems where local and remote storage are used manually and file-by-file, failing to optimize memory consumption and availability.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid method and architecture for digital information storage that dynamically allocates and fragments data across local and remote devices, using a central control device to manage storage capacity and distribution, ensuring real-time availability and reliability, with encryption and redundancy mechanisms to protect data integrity and confidentiality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual file-by-file hybrid storage is used between local and remote devices, then user control over storage is maintained, but storage capacity utilization is significantly underoptimized
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automated self-service storage management where the hybrid storage system autonomously allocates, monitors, and optimizes storage capacity across local and remote devices without requiring manual user intervention for each file operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic storage capacity allocation that continuously adapts to changing local and remote storage availability, automatically adjusting the distribution of stored information based on real-time capacity conditions rather than static manual configuration
2Reliability
If dedicated local storage devices are used, then storage reliability is improved, but availability of underutilized resources decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables non-dedicated local devices to serve dual purposes: maintaining their primary functions while simultaneously providing storage capacity to the hybrid system, thereby converting underutilized resources into available storage without requiring dedicated storage hardware
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments stored information into multiple fragments that can be distributed across different storage devices, allowing reliable storage to be achieved through multiple non-dedicated devices rather than requiring single dedicated high-reliability storage
3Quantity of substance
If storage capacity is increased to meet growing data needs, then data storage capability is improved, but energy consumption and environmental impact increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously utilizes available storage capacity across the hybrid network, ensuring that storage resources are actively used rather than idle, thereby maximizing the useful action of existing storage infrastructure without requiring additional energy-intensive expansion
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AI summary
The hybrid digital information storage method (100) comprises the following steps: - configuration (105), which includes: - definition (120) of at least two information storage devices, - creation (125) of a computer abstraction having common characteristics, - iteratively, a dynamic local storage capacity adjustment step (110), comprising the following steps: - allocation (130) of a storage capacity and - communication (135) of an allocated storage capacity and - an execution step (115), which includes the following steps: - triggering (140) saving of digital information, - fragmentation (145) of the digital information into at least one information segment, - selection (150), for each segment, of a storage device and - recording (155), on the selected storage device, of the associated information segment.