SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIEWING AND ACCESSING DATA USING TAGGING
Systems and methods for viewing, accessing, and monitoring data stored in a data storage system. Tags, metadata, and/or other attributes of data stored in a storage system may be used to define and create particular views of relevant data. In particular, a membership specification may provide inclusion and exclusion directives for determining which files and objects in the storage system to include in the view. A structure specification may provide a structure for organizing and presenting the files and objects in the view. Systems and methods described herein may allow a user to easily identify and view particularly relevant data from, for example, a large storage system storing data form hundreds of files systems. Moreover, the systems and methods described herein may allow for tracking and/or monitoring of particular data attributes.
1 . A view request for viewing a subset of data stored on a data storage system, the view request comprising:
a membership specification defining the subset of data to be included in the view, the membership specification comprising:
an inclusion directive defining data to be included in the view; and
a structure specification defining a structure by which the view is to be provided.
2 . The view request of claim 1 , wherein the structure comprises a hierarchical structure.
3 . The view request of claim 1 , wherein the membership specification further comprises an exclusion directive defining data to be excluded from the view.
4 . The view request of claim 1 , wherein the data stored on the data storage system is associated with a plurality of tags, and the inclusion directive comprises a tag associated with the subset of data.
5 . The view request of claim 4 , wherein the membership specification further comprises an exclusion directive defining data to be excluded from the view.
6 . The view request of claim 5 , wherein the exclusion directive comprises a tag associated with the subset of data.
7 . The view request of claim 4 , wherein the inclusion directive further comprises a tag scope limiting the subset of data.
8 . The view request of claim 1 , wherein the data stored on the data storage system comprises metadata, and the inclusion directive comprises a metadata attribute associated with the subset of data.
9 . A method of providing a data view, the method comprising:
receiving a view request for a subset of data in a data storage system, the view request comprising:
a membership specification defining the subset of data to be included in the view; and
a structure specification defining a structure by which the view is to be provided;
identifying the subset of data by comparing the membership specification to data in the data storage system;
identifying the structure of the view;
organizing the subset of data in accordance with the structure to construct the view such that the view is mapped to the data storage system; and
presenting the view.
10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the membership specification comprises an inclusion directive defining data to be included in the view, and an exclusion directive defining data to be excluded from the view.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the data stored on the data storage system is associated with a plurality of tags, and the inclusion directive comprises a tag associated with the subset of data.
12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the exclusion directive comprises a tag associated with the subset of data.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the inclusion directive further comprises a tag scope limiting the subset of data.
14 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising updating the view when changes are made to the subset of data.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein at least one statistic is maintained for the tag associated with the subset of data.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein presenting the view comprises presenting the statistic.
17 . A data handling system, comprising:
a data storage device storing data as non-transitory computer readable media;
a membership determining layer for determining a subset of the data identified in a view request;
a structure determining layer for determining an organization structure for the subset of the data, as identified in the view request;
a translation layer for mapping the view to the subset of the data; and
a presentation layer for presenting the view of the subset of the data according to the structure.
18 . The data handling system of claim 17 , wherein the data storage device further stores a plurality of tags associated with the data, and wherein the subset of the data is defined by one or more tags.
19 . The data handling system of claim 18 , further comprising a statistics engine tracking a statistic for at least one of the one or more tags defining the subset of data.
20 . The data handling system of claim 19 , wherein the statistic comprises at least one storage space used, growth rate of storage, I/O operations, objects, I/O operations per second, and storage space used per day.