Image file management utilizing edge cloud nodes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12430289-B2
Application number	US-202217704730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2022
Priority date	Sep 26, 2019
Publication date	Sep 30, 2025
Grant date	Sep 30, 2025

Abstract

An image file management method includes receiving a write instruction used to instruct to write a first image file; determining, based on the write instruction, at least one first edge cloud node from a plurality of edge cloud nodes included in an image file management system; and writing a plurality of data blocks included in the first image file into the at least one first edge cloud node, so that each first edge cloud node stores a part or all of the plurality of data blocks included in the first image file.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image file management method implemented by a terminal, wherein the image file management method comprises:
receiving a write instruction instructing to write an image file into an image file management system, wherein the image file comprises first data blocks, and wherein the image file management system comprises the terminal and a plurality of edge cloud nodes;
generating identification numbers of the first data blocks based on content of the first data blocks and based on a preset identification number generation algorithm, wherein each of the identification numbers uniquely identify one of the first data blocks;
converting, according to a preset conversion algorithm, the identification numbers into an image file identification number of the image file;
generating, based on the identification numbers and the image file identification number, an identification number topology of the image file, wherein the identification number topology records the first data blocks, wherein the identification number topology records a relationship between the identification numbers and the image file identification number, so that the identification number topology records the first data blocks;
adding description information of the image file to the identification number topology;
dividing the image file into the first data blocks;
determining, based on the write instruction, at least one first edge cloud node from the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
writing the identification number topology to which the description information of the image file has been added to an edge cloud node of the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
storing the identification number topology in one of the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
checking whether any of the identification numbers of the first data blocks is stored in the image file management system;
determining, based on the checking, a first plurality of second data blocks of the first data blocks, wherein the first plurality of second data blocks are comprised in the image file and stored in any edge cloud node in the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
determining, based on the checking, a second plurality of second data blocks of the first data blocks, wherein the second plurality of second data blocks are comprised in the image file and are not stored in any edge cloud node in the plurality of edge cloud nodes; and
writing the second plurality of second data blocks into the at least one first edge cloud node so that each of the at least one first edge cloud node stores at least a portion of the first data blocks,
wherein the identification number topology comprises version information of the image file.

2. The image file management method of claim 1 , wherein after writing the second plurality of second data blocks, the image file management method further comprises:
establishing, based on a storage status of each of the first data blocks, a storage correspondence between each of the first data blocks and the at least one first edge cloud node that stores each of the first data blocks of the image file; and
storing the storage correspondence in one of the plurality of edge cloud nodes of the image file management system.

3. The image file management method of claim 1 , wherein the description information comprises name, the version information, and permission control information of the image file.

4. A terminal comprising:
a memory configured to store a computer program; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to:
receive a write instruction instructing to write an image file into an image file management system, wherein the image file comprises first data blocks, and wherein the image file management system comprises the terminal and a plurality of edge cloud nodes;
generate identification numbers of the first data blocks based on content of the first data blocks and based on a preset identification number generation algorithm, wherein each of the identification numbers uniquely identify one of the first data blocks;
convert, according to a preset conversion algorithm, the identification numbers into an image file identification number of the image file;
generate, based on the identification numbers and the image file identification number, an identification number topology of the image file, wherein the identification number topology records the first data blocks, wherein the identification number topology records a relationship between the identification numbers and the image file identification number, so that the identification number topology records the first data blocks;
add description information of the image file to the identification number topology;
divide the image file into the first data blocks;
determine, based on the write instruction, at least one first edge cloud node from the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
write the identification number topology to which the description information of the image file has been added to an edge cloud node of the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
store the identification number topology in one of the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
check whether any of the identification numbers of the first data blocks is stored in the image file management system;
determine, based on the checking, a first plurality of second data blocks of the first data blocks, wherein the first plurality of second data blocks are comprised in the image file and stored in any edge cloud node in the plurality of edge cloud nodes;
determine, based on the checking, a second plurality of second data blocks of the first data blocks, wherein the second plurality of second data blocks are comprised in the image file and are not stored in any edge cloud node in the plurality of edge cloud nodes; and
write the second plurality of second data blocks into the at least one first edge cloud node so that each of the at least one first edge cloud node stores at least a portion of the first data blocks,
wherein the identification number topology comprises version information of the image file.

5. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer program to cause the terminal to:
establish, based on a storage status of each of the first data blocks, a storage correspondence between each of the first data blocks and at least one first cloud node that stores each of the first data blocks of the image file; and
store the storage correspondence in the edge cloud node.

6. The terminal of claim 4 , wherein the description information comprises name, the version information, and permission control information of the image file.

Assignees

• Huawei Cloud Computing Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Rui
• Yin Wei

Classifications

• G06F16/14

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• G06F16/134

  Distributed indices · CPC title

• G06F16/182

  Distributed file systems · CPC title

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F16/188

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