Providing emulated access to a remotely managed storage system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12568027-B2
Application number	US-202318502175-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 6, 2023
Priority date	Oct 2, 2014
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for emulating a local interface to a remotely managed storage system, including: receiving a request for remote access a storage system, wherein access is provided using a user interface (‘UI’); identifying, for a user profile, a version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system; and presenting, a remote UI for the storage system, wherein a version of the remote UI matches the version of the UI that is utilized when the user locally accesses the storage system, wherein the remote UI provides read-only access to the storage system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A system comprising:
a cloud-based system comprising a memory and processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to: generate, using historical status information associated with one or more storage systems, responses to requests directed to a storage system of the one or more storage systems as if the cloud-based system was the storage system; and present, for the storage system, a remote user interface (UI) that matches a locally utilized UI for the storage system, wherein the remote UI provides read-only access to the storage system and presents a historical view of the storage system using the generated responses.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a request for remote access to a storage system of the one or more storage systems; and identify, for a user profile, a locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

3 . The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more storage systems are configured to generate a local GUI presenting a view of the status of the one or more storage systems, and wherein an appearance of the remote UI is substantially similar to an appearance of the local GUI.

4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

5 . The system of claim 1 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

6 . The system of claim 1 wherein the historical status information comprises at least one of volume count, queue depth, read bandwidth, read input/output operations per second (IOPS), read latency, write bandwidth, write IOPS, and write latency.

7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the cloud-based system is further configured to generate the remote UI when the one or more storage systems is offline.

8 . A method comprising:
generating, by a cloud-based system, using historical status information associated with one or more storage systems, responses to requests directed to a storage system of the one or more storage systems as if the cloud-based system was the storage system; and presenting, for the storage system, a remote user interface (UI) that matches a locally utilized UI for the storage system, wherein the remote UI provides read-only access to the storage system and presents a historical view of the storage system using the generated responses.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving a request for remote access to a storage system of the one or more storage systems; and identifying, for a user profile, a locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

10 . The method of claim 8 wherein the one or more storage systems are configured to generate a local GUI presenting a view of the status of the one or more storage systems, and wherein an appearance of the remote UI is substantially similar to an appearance of the local GUI.

11 . The method of claim 10 further comprising generating, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

12 . The method of claim 8 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

13 . The method of claim 8 wherein the historical status information includes at least one of volume count, queue depth, read bandwidth, read input/output operations per second (IOPS), read latency, write bandwidth, write IOPS, and write latency.

14 . The method of claim 8 wherein the cloud-based system is further configured to generate the remote UI when the one or more storage systems is offline.

15 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to:
generate, by a cloud-based system, using historical status information associated with one or more storage systems, responses to requests directed to a storage system of the one or more storage systems as if the cloud-based system was the storage system; and present, for the storage system, a remote user interface (UI) that matches a locally utilized UI for the storage system, wherein the remote UI provides read-only access to the storage system and presents a historical view of the storage system using the generated responses.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a request for remote access to a storage system of the one or more storage systems; and identify, for a user profile, a locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the one or more storage systems are configured to generate a local GUI presenting a view of the status of the one or more storage systems, and wherein an appearance of the remote UI is substantially similar to an appearance of the local GUI.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
generate, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the historical status information comprises at least one of volume count, queue depth, read bandwidth, read input/output operations per second (IOPS), read latency, write bandwidth, write IOPS, and write latency.

Assignees

• Pure Storage Inc

Inventors

• Colgrove John
• Borowiec Benjamin
• Hasbani Joseph S
• Noik Emanuel G

Classifications

• H04L67/1097

  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

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F11/3034

  where the computing system component is a storage system, e.g. DASD based or network based (digital input from or digital output to record carriers G06F3/06; digital recording or reproducing G11B20/18; 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], H04L67/1097) · CPC title

• G06F11/3476 Primary

  Data logging (G06F11/14, G06F11/2205 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title