Providing Emulated Access to a Remotely Managed Storage System

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024214278-A1
Application number	US-202318502175-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 6, 2023
Priority date	Oct 2, 2014
Publication date	Jun 27, 2024
Grant date	—

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

21 . A system comprising:
a cloud-based system that includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a computer processor, wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium includes computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the cloud-based system to carry out the steps of: generating, 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 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.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further includes computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the cloud-based system to carry out the steps of receiving a request for remote access to a storage system of the one or more storage systems; and
identifying, for a user profile, the locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

23 . The system of claim 21 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.

24 . The system of claim 23 wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further includes computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the cloud-based system to carry out the step of generating, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

25 . The system of claim 21 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

26 . The system of claim 21 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.

27 . The system of claim 21 wherein the cloud-based system is further configured to generate the remote UI when the one or more storage systems is offline.

28 . 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 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.

29 . The method of claim 28 , 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, the locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

30 . The method of claim 28 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.

31 . The method of claim 30 further comprising generating, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

32 . The method of claim 28 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

33 . The method of claim 28 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.

34 . The method of claim 28 wherein the cloud-based system is further configured to generate the remote UI when the one or more storage systems is offline.

35 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor of a cloud-based storage system to carry out the steps of:
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 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.

36 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 further comprising program instructions to carry out the step of:
receiving a request for remote access to a storage system of the one or more storage systems; and
identifying, for a user profile, the locally utilized version of the UI that is utilized when locally accessing the storage system.

37 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 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.

38 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 37 further comprising program instructions to carry out the step of generating, by the cloud-based system, the remote UI to match the local GUI.

39 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 wherein a user is unable to make changes to the one or more storage systems using the remote UI.

40 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 35 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.

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