US 12,498,889 B2
Multi-cloud tiering translation to enterprise tiers
Inga Sogaard, Derby, KS (US); Hana Schuster Smith, Boulder, CO (US); and Ofir Ezrielev, Be′er Sheva (IL)
Assigned to DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/644,942.
Prior Publication US 2025/0335133 A1, Oct. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0685 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0649 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
obtaining storage tiering definition data associated with an enterprise having stored data maintained in a multi-cloud environment, wherein the storage tiering definition data defines, for each tier of a first group of tiers of storage, respective first groups of parameters;
obtaining, from respective provider equipment associated with a group of cloud storage providers of the multi-cloud environment, respective provider storage tiering data associated with the group of cloud storage providers and respective metadata associated with the stored data and further associated with the respective provider storage tiering data, wherein provider storage tiering data of the respective provider storage tiering data for a cloud storage provider of the group of cloud storage providers defines, for each tier of a second group of tiers of storage, respective second groups of parameters;
for respective cloud storage providers of the group of cloud storage providers:
for respective tiers of the first group of tiers of storage:
for respective first parameters of the respective first groups of parameters:
 identifying a second tier of the second group of tiers of storage of the cloud storage provider that corresponds to a first tier of the first group of tiers of storage based on a first parameter value of a first parameter of a first group of the respective first groups of parameters of the first tier and respective second parameter values of respective second parameters of the respective second groups of parameters of the tiers of the second group of tiers of storage of the cloud storage provider, and
 generating mapping information of a mapping of the first tier of the first group of tiers of storage to the second tier of the second group of tiers of storage of the cloud storage provider;
populating the storage tiering definition data with the mapping information and the respective metadata associated with the respective provider storage tiering data; and
outputting the storage tiering definition data as populated with the mapping information and the respective metadata.