Data Migration Into And Out Of The Cloud Via A Data Kiosk/System
A kiosk for migrating customer data into or out of a production cloud environment without impacting the production cloud environment is provided. Aspects of the kiosk include: i) supporting customer data migration that require physical or network access and ii) separating data migration traffic from production traffic.
1 . A method for operating a production cloud comprising:
carrying production traffic to and/or from production data processing resources located within the production cloud and accessible to a customer over a production data traffic path;
providing a connection to a secure storage kiosk via one or more migration traffic paths that are separate from the production data traffic path; and
migrating customer data into and/or out of the production data processing resources via the secure storage kiosk over at least one migration traffic path that is separate from the production data traffic path.
2 . A method as in claim 1 wherein the migrating step further comprises:
using a migration appliance that is physically sized to be shipped between a customer location and a service provider location for moving the customer data.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein at least one migration traffic path includes a network data interface configured to send and receive the customer data to and from a customer location.
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein the migration traffic path supports access through the Internet using any one of: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
5 . The method of claim 3 wherein the migration traffic path is physical delivery of a storage device.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the storage device is one of: compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), universal serial bus (USB) device, network-attached storage (NAS) or combinations thereof.
7 . The method of claim 1 further wherein the one or more migration traffic paths are selectively established between the secure storage kiosk and one or more production virtual data centers.
8 . The method of claim 1 wherein the customer data is one or more of a virtual machine definition file, operating system upgrade, application or media file.
9 . The method of claim 1 further wherein: the production data processing resources comprise one or more of a cloud storage, cloud compute, or cloud network resource.
10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the connection between the secure storage kiosk and the production data resources comprises two secure connections, a first secure connection between a customer location and the secure storage kiosk, and a second secure connection between the secure storage kiosk and the production data resources.
11 . An apparatus for accessing a data processing system comprising:
a first interface, for providing a product data traffic path for carrying production traffic to and/or from production data processing resources accessible to a customer;
a secure storage kiosk, for providing one or more migration traffic paths that are separate from the production data trafficpath, and for migrating customer data into and/or out of the production data processing resources over at least one migration traffic path that is separate from the production data traffic path.
12 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the secure storage kiosk additionally comprises:
a migration data storage appliance that is physically sized to be shipped between a customer location and a service provider location for the production data processing resources.
13 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the migration traffic path supports access through the Internet using any one of: Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) or File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
14 . The apparatus 11 wherein the migration traffic path is physical delivery of a storage device.
15 . The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the storage device is one of:
compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD), universal serial bus (USB) device, network-attached storage (NAS) or combinations thereof
16 . The apparatus of claim 11 further wherein the one or more migration traffic paths provide a connection between the secure storage kiosk and one or more production virtual data centers.
17 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the customer data is one or more of a virtual machine definition file, operating system upgrade, application or media file.
18 . The apparatus of claim 11 further wherein: the production data processing resources comprise one or more of a cloud storage, cloud compute, or cloud network resource.
19 . The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the connection between the secure storage kiosk and the production data resources comprises two secure connections, a first secure connection between a customer location and the secure storage kiosk, and a second secure connection between the secure storage kiosk and the production data resources.
20 . A programmable computer system product for operaeting a production cloud, the programmable computer system product comprising one or more data processing machines that execute instructions retrieved from a storage media, the instructions for:
carrying production traffic to and/or from production data processing resources located within the production cloud and accessible to a customer over a production data traffic path;
providing a connection to a secure storage kiosk via one or more migration traffic paths that are separate from the production data traffic path; and
migrating customer data into and/or out of the production data processing resources via the secure storage kiosk over at least one migration traffic path that is separate from the production data traffic path