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US 12,489,813 · App. 18/355,270 · Granted Dec 2, 2025

Performance-driven storage provisioning

Inventors: Benjamin Borowiec (San Jose, CA); Terence Noonan (Vadnais Heights, MN); Patrick East (Bellevue, WA)
Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
H04L67/1097H04L67/1001H04L67/56
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Patent No.
US 12,489,813
App. No.
18/355,270
Granted
Dec 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Locally providing cloud storage array services for a plurality of storage systems within a data center by: receiving a request for storage resources from an operating system level virtualization service; determining, among the plurality of storage systems; an implementation of the request from the operating system level virtualization service; and providing storage resources to the operating system level virtualization service in accordance with the implementation of the request from the operating system level virtualization service.

Claims (39)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving a request for provisioning of storage resources from an operating system level virtualization service;

determining an implementation of the request, including dynamically selecting among one or more storage systems that would be utilized to provide the storage resources based on real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems; and

providing the storage resources to the operating system level virtualization service in accordance with the implementation of the request based on the real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the implementation balances a distribution of one or more workloads among the one or more storage systems.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the implementation balances a consumption of data storage among the one or more storage systems.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the implementation satisfies one or more quality of service (QOS) terms of a customer among the one or more storage systems.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on one or more performance analyses of storage performance of the one or more storage systems, a modified implementation of the request that improves at least one storage performance metric; and

selecting the modified implementation based on the determination.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining, based on analyzed storage performance metrics, an implementation of the request that is modified to improve one or more metrics corresponding to the analyzed storage performance metrics.

7 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing, by a primary storage system among the one or more storage systems, the storage resources.

8 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating metadata describing one or more results from the implementation of the request; and

presenting the metadata to a client computing device through a local area network.

9 . An apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, where the computer memory includes computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving a request for provisioning of storage resources from an operating system level virtualization service;

determining an implementation of the request, including dynamically selecting among one or more storage systems that would be utilized to provide the storage resources based on real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems; and

providing the storage resources to the operating system level virtualization service in accordance with the implementation of the request based on the real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the implementation balances a distribution of one or more workloads among the one or more storage systems.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the implementation balances a consumption of data storage among the one or more storage systems.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the implementation satisfies one or more quality of service (QOS) terms of a customer among the one or more storage systems.

13 . The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

determining, based on one or more performance analyses of storage performance of the one or more storage systems, a modified implementation of the request that improves at least one storage performance metric; and

selecting the modified implementation based on the determination.

14 . The apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

determining, based on analyzed storage performance metrics, an implementation of the request that is modified to improve one or more metrics corresponding to the analyzed storage performance metrics.

15 . A computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving a request for provisioning of storage resources from an operating system level virtualization service;

determining an implementation of the request, including dynamically selecting among one or more storage systems that would be utilized to provide the storage resources based on real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems; and

providing the storage resources to the operating system level virtualization service in accordance with the implementation of the request based on the real-time performance characteristics of the one or more storage systems.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the implementation balances a distribution of one or more workloads among the one or more storage systems.

17 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the implementation balances a consumption of data storage among the one or more storage systems.

18 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the implementation satisfies one or more quality of service (QOS) terms of a customer among the one or more storage systems.

19 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the computer program instructions further cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

determining, based on one or more performance analyses of storage performance of the one or more storage systems, a modified implementation of the request that improves at least one storage performance metric; and

selecting the modified implementation based on the determination.

20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one storage system of the one or more storage systems locally hosts one or more cloud storage array services as part of the providing of the storage resources.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: BOROWIEC, BENJAMIN; NOONAN, TERENCE; EAST, PATRICK
To: PURE STORAGE, INC.
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 17389457 · Jul 30, 2021
Continuation 16254859 · Jan 23, 2019
Continuation In Part 15967189 · Apr 30, 2018
Continuation 15419551 · Jan 30, 2017
Continuation 14721571 · May 26, 2015
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