IP Library Granted Patent US 11,392,555
Granted Patent B2
US 11,392,555 · App. 16/861,963 · Granted Jul 19, 2022

Cloud-based file services

Inventors: Robert Lee (San Carlos, CA); Igor Ostrovsky (Mountain View, CA); Mark Emberson (Glebe, AU); Boris Feigin (San Francisco, CA); Ronald Karr (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
G06F16/1834G06F21/6218
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Patent No.
US 11,392,555
App. No.
16/861,963
Granted
Jul 19, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for cloud-based file services, comprising: a plurality of single-tenant file system nodes configured to provide file system access to an object store via a plurality of multitenant storage nodes; the plurality of multitenant storage nodes sharing access to the object store; and one or more management nodes configured to provision resources for the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes and the plurality of multitenant storage nodes.

Claims (29)

1. A system comprising:

a plurality of single-tenant file system nodes configured to provide file system access to an object store via a plurality of multitenant storage nodes;

the plurality of multitenant storage nodes sharing access to the object store; and

one or more management nodes configured to provision resources for the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes and the plurality of multitenant storage nodes by adding, in response to a request to provision a file system, a single-tenant file system node to the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of multitenant storage nodes are configured as a read cache for data objects stored in the object store.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of multitenant storage nodes are distributed across a plurality of clusters.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to provision the resources by allocating, in response to the request to provision the file system, storage resources in the plurality of multitenant storage nodes.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to provision the resources by, in response to a resource usage associated with a tenant, provisioning a new single-tenant file system node associated with the tenant.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to provision the resources by, in response to a resource usage associated with a tenant, upscaling one or more single-tenant file system nodes associated with the tenant.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more cloud computing instances.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more containers within a cloud computing instance.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of multitenant storage nodes comprises a respective caching policy.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to modify the respective caching policy of one or more of the plurality of multitenant storage nodes.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more protocol endpoints to facilitate the file system access to the object store.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein each tenant of a plurality of tenants is associated with a corresponding encryption key, and the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes are configured to write data to the plurality of multitenant storage nodes using the corresponding encryption key of an associated tenant.

13. A method comprising:

providing, by a plurality of single-tenant file system nodes, file system access to an object store via a plurality of multitenant storage nodes sharing access to the object store; and

provisioning, by one or management nodes, resources for the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes and the plurality of multitenant storage nodes, including adding, in response to a request to provision a file system, a single-tenant file system node to the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising providing, by the plurality of multitenant storage nodes, a read cache for data objects stored in the object store.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of multitenant storage nodes are distributed across a plurality of clusters.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein provisioning the resources comprises allocating, in response to the request to provision the file system, storage resources in the plurality of multitenant storage nodes.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein provisioning the resources comprises, in response to a resource usage associated with a tenant, provisioning a new single-tenant file system node associated with the tenant.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein provisioning the resources comprises, in response to a resource usage associated with a tenant, upscaling one or more single-tenant file system nodes associated with the tenant.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more cloud computing instances.

20. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more containers within a cloud computing instance.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the plurality of multitenant storage nodes comprises a respective caching policy.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein provisioning the resources comprises modifying the respective caching policy of one or more of the plurality of multitenant storage nodes.

23. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes comprise one or more protocol endpoints to facilitate the file system access to the object store.

24. The method of claim 13 , wherein each tenant of a plurality of tenants is associated with a corresponding encryption key, and the plurality of single-tenant file system nodes are configured to write data to the plurality of multitenant storage nodes using the corresponding encryption key of an associated tenant.

Assignments (3)
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Jun 11, 2025
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Reel/Frame 071558/0523 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: PURE STORAGE, INC.
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 053867/0581 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2020
From: LEE, ROBERT; OSTROVSKY, IGOR; EMBERSON, MARK; FEIGIN, BORIS; KARR, RONALD
To: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Reel/Frame 052527/0745 →