Fully automated cloud tiering controlled by an orchestration layer based on dynamic information
US8682955B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 31, 2010 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed storage system includes an orchestration layer that provides policy driven orchestration for controlling access and/or load balancing in connection with servicing I/O requests from one or hosts at one or more compute sites in a cloud configuration. The I/O requests may be received over a communication link, and the orchestration layer maintain policies and/or other information that control the selection of an compute site for processing of the I/O according to one or more policies and based on tiering designations of the compute sites. For example, according to various embodiments, policy information of the orchestration layer may control the passing of I/O requests to the one or more compute sites with respect to such factors as requirements of particular service legal agreements, specific tolerances for handling the I/O requests and/or times and rates for processing I/O requests at particular compute sites.
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