Data storage architecture for an enterprise communication system
Various embodiments are directed to group-based data storage systems configured for maintaining data exchanged between client devices within channel-specific shards each corresponding with one or more group-identifiers to provide group-based access to those channel-specific shards and for applying group-specific policies for data stored within those channel-specific shards. Membership of particular users within particular groups and within particular channels may be monitored such that access to particular channel shards may be controlled based on group-memberships of the users, and access to data stored within particular channel shards may be controlled based on channel-memberships of the users.
1. A method for managing a group-based storage system accessible via a plurality of client devices, the method comprising:
storing historical message data in a plurality of data shards, wherein the historical message data comprises a plurality of group-based communication system messages, individual messages of the plurality of group-based communication system messages being posted in a group-based communication system channel;
controlling access to individual data shards of the plurality of data shards by at least one client device by receiving an access request from a client device to access data stored,
wherein the client device is associated with a user identifier; and
providing the at least one client device with access to the plurality of group-based communication system messages associated with the group-based communication system channel stored in the plurality of data shards based on a membership of the user identifier associated with the at least one client device.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one channel-specific data shard comprising data associated with a particular channel.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one channel-specific data shard has a plurality of corresponding group identifiers each associated with one of a plurality of groups.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one non-channel specific data shard.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one direct message specific data shard.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one multi-user direct message specific data shard.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the membership is a channel membership or a group membership.
8. An apparatus configured to manage a group-based storage system accessible via a plurality of client devices, the apparatus comprising at least a processor, and a memory associated with the processor having computer coded instructions therein, with the computer coded instructions configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
store historical message data in a plurality of data shards, wherein the historical message data comprises a plurality of group-based communication system messages, individual messages of the plurality of group-based communication system messages being posted in a group-based communication system channel;
control access to individual data shards of the plurality of data shards by at least one client device by receiving an access request from a client device to access data stored,
wherein the client device is associated with a user identifier,
wherein the at least one client device is associated with a user identifier; and
provide the at least one client device with access to the plurality of group-based communication system messages associated with the group-based communication system channel stored in the plurality of data shards based on a membership of the user identifier associated with the at least one client device.
9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one channel-specific data shard comprising data associated with a particular channel.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one channel-specific data shard has a plurality of corresponding group identifiers each associated with one of a plurality of groups.
11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one non-channel specific data shard.
12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one direct message specific data shard.
13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one multi-user direct message specific data shard.
14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the membership is a channel membership or a group membership.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions to manage a group-based storage system accessible via a plurality of client devices that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
store historical message data in a plurality of data shards, wherein the historical message data comprises a plurality of group-based communication system messages, individual messages of the plurality of group-based communication system messages being posted in a group-based communication system channel;
control access to individual data shards of the plurality of data shards by at least one client device by receiving an access request from a client device to access data stored,
wherein the client device is associated with a user identifier,
wherein the at least one client device is associated with a user identifier; and
provide the at least one client device with access to the plurality of group-based communication system messages associated with the group-based communication system channel stored in the plurality of data shards based on a membership of the user identifier associated with the at least one client device.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one channel-specific data shard comprising data associated with a particular channel.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one non-channel specific data shard.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one direct message specific data shard.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data shards comprises at least one multi-user direct message specific data shard.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the membership is a channel membership or a group membership.