Pure Storage, Inc.
Moving Data Between Tiers In A Multi-Tiered, Cloud-Based Storage System

Abstract:

Staging data in a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, by a storage controller application executing on cloud computing resources in a cloud-based storage system, a data storage operation from a computer device, wherein the cloud-based storage system includes a first tier of cloud storage and a second tier of cloud storage; storing data corresponding to the data storage operation within the first tier of cloud storage provided using a first cloud storage service; 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 tier of cloud storage to a second tier of cloud storage provided using a second cloud storage service, wherein the first cloud storage service is different than the second cloud storage service.