Pure Storage, Inc.
Staging data in a cloud-based storage system

Abstract:

Staging data in a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, at the cloud-based storage system integrating a first tier of cloud storage and a second tier of cloud storage, a data storage operation from a computer device; storing data corresponding to the data storage operation within the first tier of cloud storage in accordance with a first storage format; and responsive to detecting a condition for transferring data between the first tier of cloud storage and the second tier of cloud storage, transferring the data in the first storage format from the first tier of cloud storage to a second data format within the second tier of cloud storage.