IP Library Granted Patent US 11,853,266
Granted Patent B2
US 11,853,266 · App. 17/867,436 · Granted Dec 26, 2023

Providing a file system in a cloud environment

Inventors: Robert Lee (San Carlos, CA); Igor Ostrovsky (Mountain View, CA); Mark Emberson (Aspen, CO); Boris Feigin (San Francisco, CA); Ronald Karr (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
G06F16/1834G06F21/6218
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,853,266
App. No.
17/867,436
Filed
Jul 18, 2022
Granted
Dec 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Examiner
CHOE, YONG J
Art Unit
2135
USPC
707/827
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, including modifying resources within the system.

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, including modifying resources within the system, wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to provision the resources 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 9 , 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 modifying resources within the system, wherein the one or more management nodes are configured to provision the resources 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.

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 (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: LEE, ROBERT; OSTROVSKY, IGOR; EMBERSON, MARK; FEIGIN, BORIS; KARR, RONALD
To: PURE STORAGE, INC.
Reel/Frame 060538/0923 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 16861963 · Apr 29, 2020
Continuation In Part 16777211 · Jan 30, 2020
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