Intermediation of hypervisor file system and storage device models

摘要

A communication model in which application(s) above a hypervisor use a file system having one data access model (e.g., a block-based file system) to access an underlying storage device having another data access model (e.g., an object-based file system). This is accomplished via an intermediary component that converts input/output requests and responses from the file system data access model into the underlying storage device data access model, and vice versa. As an example, virtual machines operating a block-based file system using a hypervisor may interface through the intermediary component with an object-based storage device. Thus, the prolific use and availability of block-based file systems may be used compatibly with highly efficient object-based storage devices.

主权项

1. A computer program product comprising at least one computer storage medium having thereon computer-executable instructions, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for intermediating data between a hypervisor and an underlying storage device, the method comprising:
receiving a first set of at least one input/output request in a first format from the hypervisor; converting the first set of at least one input/output request in a first format to a second set of at least one input/output request in a second format that is compatible with the underlying storage device, wherein the second set of at least one input/output request in the second format is a set of at least one object input/output request in an object format; and providing the second set of at least one input/output request to the underlying storage device.