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Migrating data from legacy storage systems to object storage systems

US9208181B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 2014
Grant dateDec 8, 2015
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1023
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for migrating a dataset from a file storage system to an object storage system. That is, a snapshot of a file system may be received from the file storage system. The snapshot may comprise file data associated with a file of the file system. The file may be converted into an object using the file data. The object may be stored within a data constituent volume of the object storage system. A namespace volume, used to track objects, may be populated with a redirector that maps a front-end data path (e.g., a path used by clients to reference the object) to a back-end data path that specifies a path to the object within the data constituent volume. In this way, a dataset of one or more files may be migrated from the file storage system to the object storage system.

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