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US 12,405,735 · App. 17/732,621 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Configuring storage systems based on storage utilization patterns

Inventors: Sergey Zhuravlev (Bothell, WA); David Whitlock (New Orleans, LA); Argenis Fernandez (Redmond, WA); Ronald Karr (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,405,735
App. No.
17/732,621
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Configuring storage systems based on storage utilization patterns, including: determining, based on first data associated with a first workload type and second data associated with a second workload type, a first utilization pattern associated with the first workload type and a second utilization pattern associated with the second workload type; and modifying, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, one or more storage systems in a fleet of storage systems.

Claims (44)

1. A method comprising:

determining, based on first data associated with a first workload type and second data associated with a second workload type, a first utilization pattern associated with the first workload type and a second utilization pattern associated with the second workload type; and

modifying, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, how one or more computer processes accesses data stored in one or more storage systems in a fleet of storage systems, wherein the modification includes moving a portion of the data accessed by the one or more computer processes.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more computer processes correspond to one or more software applications from one or more of: a user application layer, an operating system layer, or a data storage layer.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the one or more computer processes is a process at the data storage layer, and wherein modifying the one or more computer processes comprises:

modifying one or more system configuration parameters of the one or more storage systems.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein modifying, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, the one or more computer processes that accesses at least one of the storage systems comprises:

sending, to an application programming interface of the one or more software applications, the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the one or more software applications is a management application for a virtual computing environment, and wherein the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern each correspond to one or more configurable virtual or physical resource constraints.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

creating a snapshot of data stored within the one or more storage systems, wherein the snapshot includes the data corresponding to the one or more computer processes;

wherein determining the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern comprises analyzing the snapshot to determine one or more of: workload patterns, client access patterns, or tracing information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern comprises:

evaluating metadata corresponding to each input/output (I/O) operation to determine tracing information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the tracing information includes one or more of: an indication that a given I/O operation is a read operation, an indication that a given I/O operation is a write operation, an indication of a source entity for a given I/O operation, an indication of a volume identification for a target volume of a given I/O operation, an indication of addressing information for a given I/O operation, or an indication of a memory size for a given I/O operation.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on one or more utilization patterns, a second storage location for one or more portions of data stored within a first storage location on one or more storage volumes; and

moving the one or more portions of the data to a second storage location, wherein the second storage location that has better performance characteristics than the first storage location on the one or more storage volumes.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

for a section of data stored within the one or more storage systems, reverse mapping the section of data to a software application, wherein the data corresponding to the one or more computer processes includes the section of data; and

sending, in dependence upon reverse mapping the section of data, one or more utilization patterns to the software application.

11. An apparatus comprising of:

a memory; and

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, configured to:

determine, based on first data associated with a first workload type and second data associated with a second workload type, a first utilization pattern associated with the first workload type and a second utilization pattern associated with the second workload type; and

modify, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, how one or more computer processes accesses data stored in one or more storage systems in a fleet of storage systems, wherein the modification includes moving a portion of the data accessed by the one or more computer processes.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer processes correspond to one or more software applications from one or more of: a user application layer, an operating system layer, or a data storage layer.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein at least one of the one or more computer processes is a process at the data storage layer, and wherein to modify, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, one or more computer processes that access at least one of the storage systems, the processor is further configured to:

modify one or more system configuration parameters of the one or more storage systems.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein to modify, based on the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern, one or more computer processes that accesses at least one of the storage systems, the processor is further configured to:

send, to an application programming interface of the one or more software applications, the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the one or more software applications is a management application for a virtual computing environment, and wherein the first utilization pattern and the second utilization pattern each correspond to one or more configurable virtual or physical resource constraints.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , the processor further configured to:

create a snapshot of data stored within the one or more storage systems, wherein the snapshot includes the data corresponding to the one or more computer processes;

wherein to determine, based on first data associated with a first workload type and second data associated with a second workload type, a first utilization pattern associated with the first workload type and a second utilization pattern associated with the second workload type, the processor is configured to analyze the snapshot to determine one or more of: workload patterns, client access patterns, or tracing information.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein to determine, based on first data associated with a first workload type and second data associated with a second workload type, a first utilization pattern associated with the first workload type and a second utilization pattern associated with the second workload type, the processor is configured to:

evaluate metadata corresponding to each input/output (I/O) operation to determine tracing information.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the tracing information includes one or more of: an indication that a given I/O operation is a read operation, an indication that a given I/O operation is a write operation, an indication of a source entity for a given I/O operation, an indication of a volume identification for a target volume of a given I/O operation, an indication of addressing information for a given I/O operation, or an indication of a memory size for a given I/O operation.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , the processor further configured to:

determine, based on one or more utilization patterns, a second storage location for one or more portions of data stored within a first storage location on one or more storage volumes; and

move the one or more portions of the data to a second storage location, wherein the second storage location that has better performance characteristics than the first storage location on the one or more storage volumes.

20. The apparatus of claim 11 , the processor further configured to:

for a section of data stored within the one or more storage systems, reverse map the section of data to a software application, wherein the data corresponding to the one or more computer processes includes the section of data; and

send, in dependence upon reverse mapping the section of data, one or more utilization patterns to the software application.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2022
From: ZHURAVLEV, SERGEY; WHITLOCK, DAVID; FERNANDEZ, ARGENIS; KARR, RONALD
To: PURE STORAGE, INC.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation In Part 16433504 · Jun 6, 2019
Continuation In Part 16008648 · Jun 14, 2018
Continuation 15642958 · Jul 6, 2017
Provisional Application 62410829 · Oct 20, 2016
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