Prioritization data restore based on recovery time objectives

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12367112-B2
Application number	US-202318359926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2023
Priority date	Jul 27, 2023
Publication date	Jul 22, 2025
Grant date	Jul 22, 2025

Abstract

Computer-implemented methods for prioritization of data restoration based on recovery time objectives are provided. Aspects include receiving a request to store an object in a primary data volume, the object being associated with an application operating on a virtual server instance, appending an extended attribute to the object, and storing the object with the extended attribute appended in a primary storage device. Aspects also include periodically backing up the primary storage device to a cloud object storage device and transmitting a restore request to the cloud object storage device based on a determination that the primary storage device has become unresponsive. The restore request causes sequentially restoring a plurality of objects corresponding to primary data volume in an order based on the extended attribute appended to each of the plurality of objects.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for prioritization of data restoration based on recovery time objectives, the method comprising:
receiving a request to store an object in a primary data volume, the object being associated with an application operating on a virtual server instance, wherein the application is provisioned with a recovery time objective that specifies a threshold time for restoring the object in case of a service disruption;
appending an extended attribute to the object, wherein the extended attribute is determined based on the recovery time objective of the application and classifies the object as one of a near-zero attribute, a near-threshold attribute, or a non-critical attribute;
storing the object with the extended attribute appended in a primary storage device;
periodically backing up the primary storage device to a cloud object storage device, wherein the cloud object storage device includes a first storage device configured to store objects having near-zero and near-threshold attributes and a second storage device configured to store objects having non-critical attributes; and
transmitting a restore request to the cloud object storage device based on a determination that the primary storage device has become unresponsive,
wherein the restore request causes sequentially restoring a plurality of objects corresponding to the primary data volume in an order based on the extended attribute appended to each of the plurality of objects,
wherein the order includes restoring a first subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-zero attribute before restoring a second subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-threshold attribute, and restoring the second subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-threshold attribute before restoring a third subset of the plurality of objects that have non-critical attribute,
wherein the recovery time objective is a threshold time that specifies a maximum allowable duration for restoring objects associated with the application after a service disruption.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the order includes restoring objects having near zero attributes before restoring objects having near threshold attribute and restoring objects having near threshold attribute before restoring objects having the non-critical attribute.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restore request indicates a target storage device on which the plurality of objects will be restored.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein appending the extended attribute to the object includes appending a textual indication of the extended attribute to a file name of the object based on the extended attribute being one of a near zero attribute and a near threshold attribute.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein appending the extended attribute to the object includes embedding metadata within the object that specifies the extended attribute, the metadata being readable by the cloud object storage device to determine the priority of restoration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the periodically backing up of the primary storage device to the cloud object storage device is performed using a deduplication process to reduce the storage space required for backing up of the primary storage device.

7. A computing system having a memory having computer readable instructions and one or more processors for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions controlling the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to store an object in a primary data volume, the object being associated with an application operating on a virtual server instance, wherein the application is provisioned with a recovery time objective that specifies a threshold time for restoring the object in case of a service disruption;
appending an extended attribute to the object, wherein the extended attribute is determined based on the recovery time objective of the application and classifies the object as one of a near-zero attribute, a near-threshold attribute, or a non-critical attribute;
storing the object with the extended attribute appended in a primary storage device;
periodically backing up the primary storage device to a cloud object storage device, wherein the cloud object storage device includes a first storage device configured to store objects having near-zero and near-threshold attributes and a second storage device configured to store objects having non-critical attributes; and
transmitting a restore request to the cloud object storage device based on a determination that the primary storage device has become unresponsive,
wherein the restore request causes sequentially restoring a plurality of objects corresponding to the primary data volume in an order based on the extended attribute appended to each of the plurality of objects,
wherein the order includes restoring a first subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-zero attribute before restoring a second subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-threshold attribute, and restoring the second subset of the plurality of objects that have the near-threshold attribute before restoring a third subset of the plurality of objects that have non-critical attribute,
wherein the recovery time objective is a threshold time that specifies a maximum allowable duration for restoring objects associated with the application after a service disruption.

8. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the order includes restoring objects having near zero attributes before restoring objects having near threshold attribute and restoring objects having near threshold attribute before restoring objects having the non-critical attribute.

9. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein the restore request indicates a target storage device on which the plurality of objects will be restored.

10. The computing system of claim 7 , wherein appending the extended attribute to the object includes appending a textual indication of the extended attribute to a file name of the object based on the extended attribute being one of a near zero attribute and a near threshold attribute.

11. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving a request to store an object in a primary data volume, the object being associated with an application operating on a virtual server instance, wherein the application is provisioned with a recovery time objective that specifies a threshold time for restoring the object in case of a service disruption;
appending an extended attribute to the object, wherein the extended attribute is determined based on the recovery time objective of the application and classifies the object as one of a near-zero attribute, a near-threshold attribute, or a non-critical attribute;
storing the object with the extended attribute appended in a primary storage device;
periodically backing up the primary storage device to a cloud object storage device, wherein the cloud object storage device includes a first storage device configured to store objects having near-zero and near-threshold attributes and a second storage device configured to store objects having non-critical attributes; and
transmitting a restore request to the cloud object storage device based on a determination that the primary storage device has become unresponsive,
wherein the restore request causes sequentially restoring a plurality of objects corresponding to the primary data volume in an order based on the extended attribute appen

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Nallasivam Subramaniyan
• Dixith Dileep
• G C Siddaraju
• S Ankitha

Classifications

• G06F11/1469 Primary

  Backup restoration techniques · CPC title

• G06F11/1461

  Backup scheduling policy · CPC title

• G06F11/1464

  for networked environments · CPC title