Systems and methods for managing storage for client workloads

摘要

A method for managing the storage of a client workload is disclosed. A storage management system is provided. The storage management system is operable to communicatively connect to a remote client computing device via a network. The storage management system includes a block-based storage medium, a file-based storage medium, and an object-based storage medium. A virtual image, which is associated with a remote client computing device, is stored. Elements of the virtual image are allocated across one or more of the block-based storage medium, the file-based storage medium, and the object-based storage medium, where the allocation depends on a characterization of the elements.

主权项

1. An architecture for a storage management system, comprising:
a data center that is operable to communicatively connect to a remote client computing device via a network, wherein the data center comprises a storage management system comprising:
at least one computer system with at least one processor;a virtual image at the data center that is associated with the remote client computing device;a non-transitory block-based storage medium;a non-transitory file-based storage medium; anda non-transitory object-based storage medium; one or more resources for virtualization, wherein the resources are characterized and partitioned according to a tier system and wherein elements of the virtual image are stored in and hosted from different tiers; wherein the storage management system is operable to allocate elements of the virtual image across one or more of the non-transitory block-based storage medium, the non-transitory file-based storage medium, and the non-transitory object-based storage medium, wherein the allocation depends on a characterization of the elements performed by the storage management system; and a client policy server filter, wherein the client policy server filter comprises instructions stored on a computer readable medium that, when executed by a processing unit, provide, on a display device, a view of the allocation of elements of the virtual image, and wherein the client policy server filter provides a view on a display of the allocation of elements of the client virtual image.