Granted Patent B2

US 12,333,328 · App. 18/227,863 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Ramsés V. Morales (Sunnyvale, CA); Mirza Mohsin Beg (Foster City, CA); Shashank Pedamallu (Mountain View, CO)

Assignee: VMWare LLC

G06F9/45558G06F3/0608G06F3/0647G06F2009/45583G06F2009/45595

Abstract

Claims (94)

1. A method for querying data items stored across a plurality of data cores and a plurality of secondary data cores, the plurality of data cores stored in a first data plane container of a data plane of a distributed computing system and the plurality of secondary data cores stored in a secondary storage system, the method comprising:

at a management plane of the distributed computing system:

processing a search request for one or more data items;

determining whether a secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request;

in accordance with a determination that a particular secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request:

determining whether an amount of available storage in a first data plane container satisfies one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container;

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the first data plane container does not satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

initiating generation of a new data core in a second data plane container of the data plane;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the new data core; and

executing the search request using the new data core in the second data plane container of the data plane.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second data plane container is a dedicated data plane container (DDC).

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that multiple secondary data cores of the plurality of secondary data cores each contain one or more of the data items corresponding to the search request:

initiating generation, in the second data plane container of the data plane, of a new data core for each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

causing storage of the recovered data items in corresponding ones of the generated new data cores; and

executing the search request using the new data cores in the second data plane container of the data plane.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the data plane does not satisfy one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

forgoing recovering the at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core; and

executing the search request using one or more data cores of the plurality of data cores, the one or more data cores determined to contain one or more data items corresponding to the search request.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the data plane does not satisfy one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

performing, by the management plane, one or more operations to increase the amount of available storage in the first data plane container;

after performing the one or more operations, initiating generation of an additional data core in the first data plane container;

causing recovery of the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the additional data core; and

executing the search request using the additional data core.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the secondary storage system is external to the distributed computing system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more predetermined criteria are based on a current ingestion rate of data items by the data plane.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search request is associated with a tenant, and wherein the one or more predetermined criteria are based on a total amount of storage allocated to the tenant for the first data plane container.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that one or more secondary data cores of the plurality of secondary data cores contain one or more data items corresponding to the search request, providing an output indicating that the search request will be executed asynchronously, wherein the output is provided prior to executing the search request.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that none of the plurality of secondary data cores contain one or more data items corresponding to the search request:

executing the search request using one or more data cores of the plurality of data cores, the one or more data cores determined to contain one or more data items corresponding to the search request; and

forgoing providing an output to a user until after a result is obtained from executing the search request using the one or more data cores.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that one or more secondary data cores of the plurality of secondary data cores contain one or more data items corresponding to the search request:

causing display of a user interface containing a list of asynchronous queries being processed by the management plane, the list of asynchronous queries including the search request, wherein the user interface enables a user to stop or start execution of the search request.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

after completing execution of the search request, causing display of results obtained from executing the search request in response to receiving a user selection of the search request via the user interface.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of a distributed computing system, the one or more programs including instructions for:

at a management plane of the distributed computing system:

processing a received search request for one or more data items;

determining whether a secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request;

in accordance with a determination that a particular secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request:

determining whether an amount of available storage in a first data plane container satisfies one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container;

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the first data plane container does not satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

initiating generation of a new data core in a second data plane container of the data plane;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the new data core; and

executing the search request using the new data core in the second data plane container of the data plane.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the second data plane container is a dedicated data plane container (DDC).

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for, at the management plane of the distributed computing system:

in accordance with a determination that multiple secondary data cores of the plurality of secondary data cores each contain one or more of the data items corresponding to the search request:

initiating generation, in the second data plane container of the data plane, of a new data core for each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

causing storage of the recovered data items in corresponding ones of the generated new data cores; and

executing the search request using the new data cores in the second data plane container of the data plane.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for, at the management plane of the distributed computing system:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the data plane does not satisfy one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

performing, by the management plane, one or more operations to increase the amount of available storage in the first data plane container;

after performing the one or more operations, initiating generation of an additional data core in the first data plane container;

causing recovery of the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the additional data core; and

executing the search request using the additional data core.

17. A distributed computing system comprising:

one or more processors and

a memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for, at a management plane of the distributed computing system:

processing a received search request for one or more data items;

determining whether a secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request;

in accordance with a determination that a particular secondary data core of the plurality of secondary data cores contains one or more data items corresponding to the search request:

determining whether an amount of available storage in a first data plane container satisfies one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container;

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the first data plane container does not satisfy the one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

initiating generation of a new data core in a second data plane container of a data plane;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the new data core; and

executing the search request using the new data core in the second data plane container of the data plane.

18. The distributed computing system of claim 17 , wherein the second data plane container is a dedicated data plane container (DDC).

19. The distributed computing system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for, at the management plane of the distributed computing system:

in accordance with a determination that multiple secondary data cores of the plurality of secondary data cores each contain one or more of the data items corresponding to the search request:

initiating generation, in the second data plane container of the data plane, of a new data core for each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

recovering at least the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from each secondary data core of the multiple secondary data cores;

causing storage of the recovered data items in corresponding ones of the generated new data cores; and

executing the search request using the new data cores in the second data plane container of the data plane.

20. The distributed computing system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for, at the management plane of the distributed computing system:

in accordance with a determination that an amount of available storage in the data plane does not satisfy one or more predetermined criteria required to store the one or more data items in the first data plane container:

performing, by the management plane, one or more operations to increase the amount of available storage in the first data plane container;

after performing the one or more operations, initiating generation of an additional data core in the first data plane container;

causing recovery of the one or more data items corresponding to the search request, from the particular secondary data core;

causing storage of the recovered data items in the additional data core; and

executing the search request using the additional data core.

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