CN1523497A - Method for providing flexible expanding volume disc space - Google Patents
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The invention is a method for supplying elastic capacitance disk space expansion, which includes following steps: at first, it provides the software which can correlate data and idle memory space, and loads the software into region memory space; the region memory space is connected to region host computer which has working system, and connects the host computer to network, the network may be connected with distant memory space. Thus, the working system can inquire correlation table through a driving program, and then reads and writes data. Because the distant memory space is elastic, thus the user can obtain an elastic memory space disk.
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Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of method that disk space is provided, especially particularly relevant for a kind of method that provides elasticity to expand the capacity disk space.
Background technology
Along with the development of world-wide web, the transmission of data is limited in the single main frame not only.Have various information to circulate on the network now, and the user usually have no idea to grasp for the information amount of capacity of being faced.Therefore for data being done transmission as the user or when backing up, usually can not find suitable operating means.For example literal shelves or figure shelves may not waited to millions of bits by thousands of bits, and therefore needed back-up device may not waited to a slice CD-ROM by the disk sheet of a slight 1.44M bit.Therefore at the information capacity in the face of being difficult to estimate, the user has very big puzzlement in the selection of back-up device.Although manufacturer designs the different back-up device of various capacity at this problem, hope can be satisfied user's various different demands, and is right rather than capacity is too little, as the disk sheet of 1.44M bit; Be exactly too numerous and diverse in the operating performance, as CD-ROM.Therefore based on solving above-mentioned problem of making us perplexing, invent out a kind of have elasticity and backup method easy to use, truly have its desirability with urgent.
Summary of the invention
Fundamental purpose of the present invention is to be to provide a kind of method that provides elasticity to expand the capacity disk space, can allow user's access data under the situation that has elasticity expansion disk space.
Secondary objective of the present invention is to be to provide a kind of elasticity to use the method for disk space, can allow the Internet resources that the user was had do the most effective application.
Another purpose of the present invention is to be to provide a kind of meeting that the software of diverse location is disperseed and be stored in to data automatically, allowing the user that data is done the dual backup of instant dispersion, and removes capsule information from the ruined risk in single position.
Another purpose of the present invention is to be to provide the software of a kind of meeting with the data self-optimization, can allow archives commonly used be stored in regional storage area, to promote the operational paradigm of data.
A kind of method that provides elasticity to expand the capacity disk space comprises the following steps, the software that the position of data and idle storage area can be made contingency table at first is provided, and this software is loaded in the regional storage area; Then this regional storage area is connected in the regional host computer with operating system, regional host computer is connected go up network again, this network can be connected with the far-end storage area.Whereby, operating system can see through a driver inquire about contingency table, and then carries out reading and the write activity of data of data.Because the far-end storage area that network can be connected to is an elasticity, so the user can obtain the disk that an elasticity expands the capacity storage area.
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Fig. 1 is the arrangement plan of the present invention storage area, zone and far-end storage area;
Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of contingency table of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of the present invention storage area, zone and far-end storage area data access;
Fig. 4 is the process flow diagram that the present invention reads data on regional storage area and the far-end storage area;
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram that the present invention writes idle space on regional storage area and the far-end storage area;
Fig. 6 is an archives optimization arrangement process flow diagram of the present invention.
The figure number explanation:
10, regional host computer
11, regional storage area
110, software
111, regional storage area application layer
12, driver
20, network
30, far-end storage area
31, ISP storage area
33, idle storage area
35, PC storage area
37, archives server stores space
39, ADSL/Cable Modem server stores space
40, contingency table
41, archival location tabulation (FAT)
42, position, far-end storage area
42 ', position, far-end storage area
Embodiment
For making technology contents of the present invention clearer and more definite, be illustrated especially exemplified by an embodiment.Please refer to shown in Figure 1ly, Fig. 1 is the arrangement plan of storage area, the present invention zone and far-end storage area.Elasticity of the present invention expands the capacity disk space and comes from regional storage area 11 and far-end storage area 30.Regional host computer 10 has operating system, can the accessing zone storage area 11 with the data of far-end storage area 30.The zone has software 110 in the storage area 11, and contingency table is set up in the data that regional storage area 11 and far-end storage area 30 can be had and the position of idle space.20 on network is the media of join domain main frame 10 and far-end storage area 30.And far-end storage area 30 is unrestricted, can be ISP storage area 31, idle storage area 33, PC storage area 35, archives server stores space 37 or ADSL/Cable Modem server stores space 39.
Please refer to shown in Figure 2.Fig. 2 is the synoptic diagram of contingency table of the present invention.The field of contingency table 40 includes FAT 41 and is writing down the IP address of far-end storage area 30 and the field of employed agreement (Protocal) and password.Therefore the operating system in the regional host computer 10 can be done the action of access according to 40 pairs of archives of this part contingency table.
Please in the lump with reference to figure 3, shown in Figure 4, Fig. 3 is the synoptic diagram of the present invention storage area, zone and far-end storage area data access.And being the present invention, Fig. 4 reads the process flow diagram of data on regional storage area and the far-end storage area.Its read step is as follows:
Step 51 a: software is provided, and this software is loaded in a regional storage area 11;
Step 52: should be connected in a regional host computer with operating system in storage area, zone 11, this regional host computer also is connected with far-end storage area 30 via network 20, at this moment, this software can be set up the data that a regional storage area 11 and far-end storage area 30 had and the contingency table 40 of idle space and position thereof;
Step 53: operating system sees through a driver 12 by inquiry contingency table 40, with the position at the data place that obtains desiring to read;
Step 54: whether the data of inspecting is positioned at regional storage area 11, if, then carry out step 55, if not, then carry out step 56;
Step 55: read regional storage area, and data is responded to regional storage area application layer 111;
Step 56: read the far-end storage area, and data is responded to regional storage area application layer 111 through network 20; And
Step 57: the end data reads action.
Refer again to shown in Figure 5ly, Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram that invention is write idle space on regional storage area and the far-end storage area.Its step is as follows:
Step 60 a: software is provided, and this software is loaded in a regional storage area 11;
Step 61: should be connected in a regional host computer with operating system in storage area, zone 11, this regional host computer also is connected with far-end storage area 30 via network 20, at this moment, this software can be set up the data that a regional storage area 11 and far-end storage area 30 had and the contingency table 40 of idle space and position thereof;
Step 62: operating system sees through a driver 12 by inquiry contingency table 40, with the position at the data place that obtains desiring to read;
Step 63: determine whether regional storage area 11 is full; If not, then carry out step 631; If then carry out step 632;
Step 631: data is write the zone store empty 11; Carry out step 64;
Step 632: see through network and seek far-end storage area 30, carry out step 65;
Step 64: determine whether data writes in the disk space fully, if not, then get back to step 63 to proceed writing of data; Finish if write, then carry out step 68;
Step 65: whether the address of determining far-end storage area 30 is positioned at contingency table 40, if not, then carry out step 66; If then carry out step 67;
Step 66: the address of far-end storage area 30 is built in the contingency table 40;
Step 67: data is write far-end storage area 30; And
Step 68: finish writing of data.
Therefore, the user is except having regional disk space 11, more can arrive and seek operable idle storage area on the network, this idle storage area can be a permanent spendable disk space on the network, the server registered of user for example, the idle storage area 31 that is provided by Internet Service Provider (ISP) that use perhaps has not yet registered after this network address is established to contingency table 40, just can find correct data in the future when reading.Simultaneously, the present invention is a kind of passive storage network question blank, to provide operating system to inquire infinite space vast on the network, therefore the part of carrying can reach minimum, be inserted in the system is to be searched for data to network by the software in the system, therefore the present invention only writes down brief network data, and provides segment space, so be convenient for carrying.
Simultaneously, the present invention more can according to the frequency that reads, initiatively adjust the data logging position under the situation of not losing any one archives, makes the normal data of using, and moves on to regional storage area, to promote the operational paradigm of whole data.Its flow process please refer to shown in Figure 6:
Step 71: calculated its reading frequency by the time of access and number of times by archives;
Step 72: archives are arranged from high to low according to reading frequency;
Step 73:, be stored into the far-end storage area with the lower archives of reading frequency in the regional storage area;
Step 74: upgrade the index of contingency table, the archives address that reading frequency is lower points to the far-end storage area;
Step 75: delete the lower archives of reading frequency in the regional storage area, and discharge the storage area;
Step 76: the higher archives address of storage area reading frequency that will be arranged in far-end points to regional storage area;
Step 77: upgrade the index of contingency table, the archives address that reading frequency is higher points to regional storage area;
Step 78: the higher archives of reading frequency in the deletion far-end storage area; And
Step 79: finish the arrangement of archives optimization.
For instance, the present invention is written into software in the one regional storage area, as carry-on dish.Make after carry-on dish inserts a host computer first, its software just pours in the host computer, therefore host computer just can be according to the function of software, set up a contingency table in carry-on dish inside, and at first do the action of storage in the carry-on storage area of dish inside, if the then storage area of dish inside with oneself, just host computer is searched the space that is stored data on network, at first the position with network host writes contingency table, then writes according to the position data on the contingency table again.Software can disperse diverse location to store data, and data can be done the ability of the dual backup of instant dispersion for the user, and remove capsule information from the ruined risk in single position.Changed when operating to an other host computer when carry-on dish again, this host computer just can read according to the contingency table data of carry-on dish inside, allows in the carry-on dish and the archives on the network host can be read.Host computer also can be positioned over the most frequently used archives in the carry-on dish under the archives optimizing function of software simultaneously.
In sum, the present invention is written into a software in regional computer or its peripheral equipment, in order to the tabulation and the access sequence of disk space that regional host computer and network host are provided, allows the user be used elasticity to expand the method for capacity disk space.Allow the user with the limited hardware resource, use unlimited disk space through network.And possess novelty, progressive and industry applications on the spot.
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1. a method that provides elasticity to expand the capacity disk space comprises the following steps:
One software that the position of at least one data and at least one idle storage area can be made a contingency table is provided, and this software is written into a regional storage area;
Connect this storage area, zone and have the regional host computer of operating system in one, and connect this regional host computer in a network that is connected with a far-end storage area at least; And
Drive a driver, inquiring about this contingency table, and and then carry out the action of reading and writing of this data.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein this contingency table writes down the address of this far-end storage area, the agreement and the password of use.
3. method according to claim 1 is wherein carried out this data when reading, inquire about the position of this this data of contingency table gained by this operating system after, directly read this data by this position.
4. method according to claim 3, wherein this operating system is responded the application layer of giving this storage area, zone after reading this data.
5. method according to claim 1, wherein this data is write fashionable, check the idle storage area of this storage area, zone earlier, if enough spaces are arranged, then this data can be written to this storage area, zone, and the address that writes recorded this contingency table, can correctly find the address of data when reading.
6. method according to claim 5, the idle storage area that wherein this data should the storage area, zone store full after, will login according to this contingency table can be for the Internet resources that utilize, the space requirement far-end that can store to this far-end storage-space requirement deposits in, after securing permission, this data is write the idle storage area of this far-end storage area.
7. method according to claim 6, wherein before this data is write the idle storage area of this far-end storage area, address with this far-end storage area is established in this contingency table earlier, and write down agreement and the password that this far-end storage area uses together, consult use when reading as next time.
8. the method for stating according to claim 1, but wherein this far-end storage area is the idle storage area of PC, workstation, ADSL server, Cable Modem server or ISP.
9. according to claim 1 a described method, wherein this software can initiatively be adjusted the position that this data writes according to the frequency that reads, and makes the normal data of using, and moves on to this storage area, zone, to promote the operational paradigm of whole data.
10. according to claim 1 a described method, should the storage area, zone be carry-on dish wherein.
11. according to claim 10 a described method, wherein have contingency table in this carry-on dish, when in this carry-on dish adding system, can see the storage area that vast elasticity expands.
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