US 12,248,817 B2
System and method for efficient data collection based on data access pattern for reporting in large scale multi tenancy environment
Ganesh Malhari Ghodake, Pune (IN); and Girish Balvantrai Doshi, Pune (IN)
Assigned to EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed by EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/125,541.
Prior Publication US 2022/0197707 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/50 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/5072 (2013.01) [G06F 9/5077 (2013.01); G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 11/3438 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a data access history of one or more customers;
collecting, by a computing entity that comprises a data collector, information concerning respective data access patterns of the one or more customers based on the data access history;
deriving work window information based on the data access history;
using the information, and the work window information, to calculate, by a computing entity that comprises a data collection scheduler, a respective data retrieval frequency (DRF) for each of the customers, wherein the DRF for one of the customers is calculated using the formula:
DRF=Number of working hours×weighted data access frequency×weighted least recently accessed data×weighted data change frequency; and
enabling the customers to retrieve data according to their respective data retrieval frequency.