公开(公告)号：US10915246B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-09

申请号：US16411880

申请日：2019-05-14

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Benjamin Bradford Andken ,  Sumeeth Channaveerappa Kyathanahalli ,  Sharad Jain

IPC: H04L29/08 ,  G06F3/06

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with managing cloud storage includes identifying a portion of data in a data unit identified for deletion in the metadata. The identified portion of the data identified for delete is compare to a threshold amount. Deletion of the data unit from a first storage object is deferred when the determined portion of data identified for deletion is less than the threshold amount. A second storage object with a portion of data unmarked for deletion in the data unit is generated when the determined portion of data marked for deletion is equal to the threshold amount, wherein the second storage object has a same identifier as the first storage object.

公开(公告)号：US20170277597A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15081706

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel A. Dillon ,  Kshitij Wadhwa ,  Ajay Pratap Singh Kushwah ,  Sumeeth Channaveerappa Kyathanahalli ,  Sudhindra Prasad Tirupati Nagaraj

IPC: G06F11/14 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F11/1453 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F11/1464

Abstract: A storage tier manager efficiently creates different representations of a dataset backup for different retention periods. Each of the representations of the dataset backup is distinctly identifiable despite initially representing a same dataset backup. The representations are structured metadata corresponding to the dataset backup. One representation is a cached backup version of the dataset backup (“cached backup” or “cached representation”) provided for low latency access while residing at a storage tier of the backup appliance for a relatively short retention period according to a lifecycle management policy. The other representation is a cloud backup version of the dataset backup (“cloud backup” or “cloud representation”) provided for persisting into cloud storage for a longer retention period according to the lifecycle management policy.

公开(公告)号：US20170277596A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15081672

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Sumeeth Channaveerappa Kyathanahalli ,  Samuel A. Dillon ,  Ajay Pratap Singh Kushwah ,  Sudhindra Prasad Tirupati Nagaraj ,  Kshitij Wadhwa

IPC: G06F11/14 ,  G06F17/30

CPC classification number: G06F16/125 ,  G06F11/1448 ,  G06F11/1456 ,  G06F16/27

Abstract: A storage tier manager creates different representations of a dataset backup for different retention periods. Each of the representations of the dataset backup is distinctly identifiable despite initially representing a same dataset backup. The representations are structured metadata corresponding to the dataset backup. One representation is a cached backup version of the dataset backup (“cached backup” or “cached representation”) provided for low latency access while residing at a storage tier of the backup appliance for a relatively short retention period according to a lifecycle management policy. The other representation is a cloud backup version of the dataset backup (“cloud backup” or “cloud representation”) provided for persisting into cloud storage for a longer retention period according to the lifecycle management policy.

公开(公告)号：US11422898B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-23

申请号：US15081706

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Samuel A. Dillon ,  Kshitij Wadhwa ,  Ajay Pratap Singh Kushwah ,  Sumeeth Channaveerappa Kyathanahalli ,  Sudhindra Prasad Tirupati Nagaraj

IPC: G06F11/14

Abstract: A storage tier manager efficiently creates different representations of a dataset backup for different retention periods. Each of the representations of the dataset backup is distinctly identifiable despite initially representing a same dataset backup. The representations are structured metadata corresponding to the dataset backup. One representation is a cached backup version of the dataset backup (“cached backup” or “cached representation”) provided for low latency access while residing at a storage tier of the backup appliance for a relatively short retention period according to a lifecycle management policy. The other representation is a cloud backup version of the dataset backup (“cloud backup” or “cloud representation”) provided for persisting into cloud storage for a longer retention period according to the lifecycle management policy.

公开(公告)号：US20170277435A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-28

申请号：US15081546

申请日：2016-03-25

Applicant: NetApp, Inc.

Inventor： Kshitij Wadhwa ,  Samuel A. Dillon ,  Ajay Pratap Singh Kushwah ,  Sumeeth Channaveerappa Kyathanahalli ,  Sudhindra Prasad Tirupati Nagaraj

IPC: G06F3/06

CPC classification number: G06F3/0605 ,  G06F3/0641 ,  G06F3/0649 ,  G06F3/0652 ,  G06F3/067 ,  G06F11/1453 ,  G06F11/1464

Abstract: A storage tier manager creates different versions of a dataset backup for different retention periods. Each of the versions is distinctly identifiable despite initially representing a same dataset backup. One version can be referred to as a cached version of the dataset backup and another version can be referred to as a cloud version of the dataset backup. When the retention period expires for the cached version of the dataset backup, the storage tier manager migrates the cloud version of the dataset backup from the caching storage tier to the cloud storage tier. The storage tier manager can then recover storage space occupied by data that has been migrated, as long as that data is not shared with other cached versions of other dataset backups due to deduplication.