Storage Tier Component for Distributed Grid Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional storage technologies face challenges in efficiently managing and allocating geographically dispersed computer-readable storage resources across multiple data centers, leading to complexity, error proneness, and economic limitations for hundreds or thousands of disparate computing resources.
Innovation Solution
A system dynamically provisions storage resources from a distributed grid of disparate storage systems by automatically grouping and sorting storage media into tiers based on attributes like performance, size, and geographical location, allowing customers to select resources based on cost and quality, and configuring network components to communicatively couple storage to computing resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional storage technologies are used to manage geographically dispersed storage resources, then storage resources can be provided across multiple data centers, but the management complexity increases and the system becomes error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a storage tier component as an intermediary that automatically manages geographically dispersed storage resources. This component consolidates management functions, providing a unified interface for provisioning storage across multiple data centers without requiring complex manual intervention at each location.
Solution Approach 2:
The storage tier component enables automatic grouping and sorting of storage media into tiers based on attributes like performance, size, and location. The system self-manages resource allocation and configuration, reducing the need for manual management complexity while maintaining versatile storage distribution.
2Ease of operation
If manual technical staff management is used for storage allocation, then detailed control is possible, but the process becomes error-prone and economically limiting
Solution Approach 1:
The storage tier component performs automatic grouping and sorting of storage media into tiers based on defined attributes. This self-service approach eliminates manual intervention in the allocation process, reducing human error while maintaining precise control over storage distribution across different tiers.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts storage allocation parameters based on predefined criteria such as performance level, size, and geographical location. By changing parameters dynamically rather than manually, the system maintains high reliability while preserving detailed control capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If heterogeneous storage media are manually organized into tiers, then storage can be categorized by attributes, but the organization process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The storage tier component automatically groups and sorts heterogeneous storage media into tiers based on attributes like performance, size, and location. This self-organizing capability eliminates manual categorization tasks, providing versatile storage classification without the time cost of manual processes.
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AI summary
Provisioning storage resources for customers from a distributed grid of disparate storage systems is presented herein. A storage tier component can sort, based on attributes of heterogeneous computer-readable storage media, the heterogeneous computer-readable storage media into tiers of storage to facilitate provisioning a portion of storage space of a tier of the tiers for a computing resource. Further, the storage tier component can receive an input from a device for provisioning of the portion of the storage space of the tier, and configure, based on the input, a storage resource to facilitate access between the portion of the storage space of the tier and the computing resource. Furthermore, a tracking component can create an account associated with a customer that is associated with the device to facilitate tracking and/or limiting of utilization of the portion of the storage space of the tier by the customer.