System and method to facilitate the use of processed data from a storage system to perform tasks

摘要

A system and method for facilitating the use of use processed data from a storage system to perform one or more tasks are disclosed. For example, the method can include identifying data, stored within a storage system, and needed to perform a task. Such data can be stored in a processed form, as a result of such data having been previously processed by the storage system. A determination is made to determine whether the identified data is stored in a processed form. If so, a subsequent determination is made to determine whether the data in the processed form is usable to perform the task. If the data in the processed form is usable to perform the task, a request is generated to request the data in the processed form. The processed data can then be used to perform the task.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying data, wherein
the data was previously stored in a first storage system of a first system,if the data is in a processed form, the data was processed by the first system, according to a processing technique, before the identifying,the first system comprises a first computing device and the first storage system, andthe first storage system is coupled to the first computing device; determining whether the data is in the processed form; if the data is in the processed form, determining whether the data in the processed form is usable by an application executing on a second computing device to perform a task, without reversing processing performed by the first system, wherein
the data is in the processed form as a result of the data being processed according to the processing technique; and in response to determining that the data in the processed form is usable by the application executing on the second computing device to perform the task without reversing the processing performed by the first system, generating a request for the data in the processed form, wherein
the identifying, the determining whether the data is in the processed form, the determining whether the data in the processed form is usable by the application executing on the second computing device without reversing the processing performed by the first system, and the generating the request are performed by a first data processing sub-module of the first computing device, andthe data in the processed form is configured to be transmitted to a second data processing sub-module of the second computing device without reversing the processing performed by the first system.