Snapshot management for cloud provider network extensions
US-11809735-B1 · Nov 7, 2023 · US
Managing Volume Snapshots in the Cloud
US2025004986A1 · US · A1
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-2025004986-A1 |
| Application number | US-202418432243-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | A1 |
| Filing date | Feb 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | Jun 26, 2020 |
| Publication date | Jan 2, 2025 |
| Grant date | — |
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Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for creating, deleting, and restoring volume snapshots in a remote data store are disclosed. A storage volume and a storage operating system are implemented in a software container. Through a user interface, a user may create a snapshot of the volume to a cloud storage. A user may also delete individual snapshots from the cloud storage. Further, deletion of a most recent snapshot may occur by awaiting deletion (though marking as deleted to the user) until a next snapshot is received. Snapshots in the cloud storage are manipulatable even after destruction of the source volume (by destruction of the container, for example). A controller outside the container is used by implementing the same API as the controller in the container had. Full restores of snapshots in the cloud are also possible even when the original container and volume have been destroyed.
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What is claimed is: 1 . A method comprising: receiving, by a container system, a request to delete a volume snapshot of a source volume of the container system; marking, by the container system, a volume snapshot object for deletion, the volume snapshot object being associated with the volume snapshot; sending, by the container system, a delete request to an object store that stores the volume snapshot; and repeating the sending until the volume snapshot is deleted from the object store.
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Management specifically adapted to NAS (management of storage area networks [SAN] G06F3/067) · CPC title
Garbage collection, i.e. reclamation of unreferenced memory · CPC title
Backup restoration techniques · CPC title
Delete operations (erasing in storage systems G06F3/0652) · CPC title
Using snapshots, i.e. a logical point-in-time copy of the data · CPC title
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- What does patent US2025004986A1 cover?
- Systems, methods, and machine-readable media for creating, deleting, and restoring volume snapshots in a remote data store are disclosed. A storage volume and a storage operating system are implemented in a software container. Through a user interface, a user may create a snapshot of the volume to a cloud storage. A user may also delete individual snapshots from the cloud storage. Further, dele…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Netapp Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G06F16/128. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
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- Publication date Thu Jan 02 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (A1). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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