TW201621692A - Data backup control system and method based on cloud computing - Google Patents

Abstract

A data backup control method applied in a cloud system is provided. The data backup control method includes: banding at least one electronic device to a user group; determining a location of the at least one electronic device banded to the user group, and determining an optimized server for the at least one electronic device according to the determined location of the at least one electronic device and a location tag of each server; backing-up information shared by a user in the user group into the optimized server of the at least electronic device; and controlling the at least one electronic device obtains the information shared by the user from the optimized server.

Description

Cloud computing-based data backup control system and method

The invention relates to the field of computer networks, and in particular relates to a data backup control system and method based on cloud computing.

The basic principle of cloud computing is to distribute computing or storage tasks to multiple computers through the network. Each computer is called a cloud node in the cloud computing network. In cloud computing, communication between cloud nodes is controlled by a central control server. Terminal devices such as mobile phones and computers can communicate with cloud nodes and central control servers over wired or wireless networks.

In the prior art, a user who uses a terminal device can form a group using social software installed on the terminal device. When a user in the group shares the data stored in one cloud node N1 in the group, other users in the group can send a request to the central control server to obtain the shared material, the central The server notifies the user who sent the request to acquire the data from the cloud node N1 according to the request. However, with such a conventional technique, when the location of the terminal device used by the user who needs to obtain the shared data is far away from the geographical location of the cloud node N1, it is easy to cause network congestion or data download speed. Slow and so on. In particular, if the terminal device used by the user who needs to obtain the shared material is a public electronic device (that is, the shared information provided by other members of the group may be displayed on the public electronic device, for example, the public. The electronic device may be a television set for a video conference. When the video conference is opened, the shared information provided by the group members located in different geographical locations shall be displayed on the television set located at the main conference site, when the public electronic device When the device needs to obtain the information shared by different members of the group, it may be necessary to obtain the shared data from the cloud nodes located in different geographical locations. Therefore, the common electronic device may frequently have a slow video downloading situation. This will seriously affect the efficiency of the user to view the shared data.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a cloud computing-based data backup control system and method to solve the above problems.

A data backup control system is applied to a cloud system, where the cloud system includes a data backup control device, a plurality of storage servers communicating with the data backup control device, and a plurality of communication with the data backup control device and the plurality of storage servers a terminal device, a user using the terminal device is composed or joined by a software tool installed on the terminal device, and each user in the group is referred to as a group member in the group, wherein each The storage servers all correspond to a geographical location label. The data backup control system includes: a binding module, configured to bind the group with one or more electronic devices; and a determining module, configured to determine that each electronic device bound to the group is located a geographic location, determining, according to a geographic location of each of the electronic devices bound to the group and a geographic location tag of each storage server, a preferred storage server corresponding to each of the electronic devices bound to the group; a group, configured to back up data shared by group members for data sharing to one or more preferred storage servers determined by the determining module; and an access control module for controlling each binding to the group The electronic device acquires the shared material from a corresponding preferred storage server.

A data backup control method includes: binding the group with one or more electronic devices; determining a geographic location where each electronic device bound to the group is located, and binding each group according to the group The geographic location of the electronic device and the geographic location tag of each storage server to determine a preferred storage server corresponding to each of the electronic devices bound to the group; back up the data shared by the group members who share the data to the One or more preferred storage servers; and controlling each electronic device bound to the group to retrieve the shared material from a corresponding preferred storage server.

The cloud computing-based data backup control system and method of the present invention backs up the data shared by the group members to the electronic device bound to the group, so that the electronic device can obtain the data from the corresponding preferred storage server. The shared information increases the speed at which the data is obtained, so that the shared material can be displayed to the user at a faster rate.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cloud system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of a function module of a data backup control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a data backup control method based on cloud computing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The cloud computing-based data backup control system and method in the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cloud system 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the cloud system 100 includes a data backup control device 10, a plurality of storage servers 20, and a plurality of terminal devices 30. In the present embodiment, the number of storage servers 20 and terminal devices 30 is N, where N is greater than or equal to 1.

Referring to FIG. 2 together, in the present embodiment, the data backup control device 10 includes a storage unit 101, a processing unit 102, a communication unit 103, and a data backup control system 200 running in the data backup control device 10. The data backup control device 10 communicates with the plurality of storage servers 20 and the plurality of terminal devices 30 via the communication unit 103, and controls communication between the plurality of storage servers 20 and the plurality of terminal devices 30. The plurality of storage servers 20 are configured to store webpages, videos, audio, and the like. The plurality of terminal devices 30 can upload data to the storage server 20 by accessing the storage server 20, and can also browse and download the data stored in the storage server 20.

Each storage server 20 corresponds to a unique identification code and a geographical location label. The storage unit 101 of the material backup control device 10 stores a unique identification code and a geographical location label corresponding to each storage server 20. The unique identifier may be a MAC address of the storage server 20, a hard disk serial number, or the like, for identifying the identity of the storage server 20. In this embodiment, the geographical location label may be the geographical location information of the storage server 20, for example, the geographic location information of the city name, latitude and longitude, and the like where the storage server 20 is located, for identifying the storage server 20 The geographical location. For example, the cloud system 100 can include three storage servers 20, which are located in Beijing, Shenzhen, and New York. The geographic location labels of the three storage servers 20 can be Beijing, Shenzhen, and New York, respectively. In another embodiment, the geographic location tag is an optimal service area information corresponding to the storage server 20, and is used to set an optimal geographical area covered by the service of the storage server 20, wherein the optimal geographical area Referring to a plurality of geographic regions that are closer to the geographic location of the storage server 20, the terminal devices 30 located in the optimal geographic regions are accessed by the storage server 20 due to the geographical distance from the storage server 20. It is fast enough to meet the user's need for access speed. For example, if a storage server 20 is located in Shenzhen, and a city with a similar distance from Shenzhen is Guangzhou, the optimal service area corresponding to the storage server 20 is Shenzhen and Guangzhou, and the optimal service area is set in the geographical location label. Guangzhou and Shenzhen. It can be understood that although the geographical location label in the storage server 20 sets the optimal geographical area covered by the service of the storage server 20, the terminal device 30 located in other areas outside the optimal geographical area can still The storage server 20 is accessed, except that the terminal device 30 located in other areas outside the optimal area may affect the access speed due to the distance.

The terminal device 30 communicates with one or more storage servers 20 over a wired or wireless network to upload data to and from the storage server 20 and/or to download material. Each terminal device 30 includes a unique identification code for identifying identity information of the terminal device 30. The user composes or joins a group through a social software (such as WeChat, MSN, etc.) installed on the terminal device 30, and the storage unit 101 of the data backup control device 10 stores the unique identification code of the group and the group. A unique identifier for each group member. In the present embodiment, the terminal device 30 may be an electronic device having a communication function such as a mobile phone or a computer. The method for forming a group between the social software users may be that the user forms a group through social software tools such as WeChat, Weibo, MSN (Microsoft Service Network), and ICQ. Since the social software users form a group through instant messaging tools as prior art, no further details are provided herein.

After the data backup control system 200 forms a group among users of the respective terminal devices 30, the group is bound to one or more electronic devices (not shown). In this embodiment, the data backup control system 200 provides a binding interface for a group member (for example, a group owner) to input an identifier of an electronic device to be bound through the terminal device 30, and the binding is required after completion. After the input of the identification word of the electronic device, the group is bound to the electronic device. In other embodiments, the electronic device that needs to be bound to the group can actively send a binding request to the group owner of the group, and the data backup control system 200 receives the consent binding request transmitted by the group owner through the terminal device 30. The electronic device is then bound to the group. Of course, in other embodiments, the binding of the group to the electronic device may be implemented in other manners, and details are not described herein.

Referring to FIG. 2 again, the data backup control system 200 includes a binding module 21, a determining module 22, a backup module 23, and an access control module 24. In an embodiment, each function module in the data backup control system 200 is a programmable module that is solidified in the processing unit 102. In other implementations, the various functional modules of the data backup control system 200 are stored in the storage unit 101 and are invoked by the processing unit 102 for execution.

The binding module 21 is configured to bind the group to one or more electronic devices (not shown). In this embodiment, the binding module 20 provides a binding interface for a group member (for example, a group owner) to input an identifier of an electronic device to be bound through the terminal device 30, and the binding is required after completion. After the input of the identification word of the electronic device, the group is bound to the electronic device. In other implementations, the electronic device that needs to be bound to the group can actively send a binding request to the group owner of the group, and the binding module 20 receives the consent binding request transmitted by the group owner through the terminal device 30. The electronic device is then bound to the group. Of course, in other embodiments, the binding of the group to the electronic device may be implemented in other manners, and details are not described herein.

The determining module 22 determines a geographic location where each of the electronic devices bound to the group is located, and corresponds to a geographic location of the electronic device bound to the group and a storage server 20 stored in the storage unit 101. The geographic location tag determines each preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device to which the group is bound. In this embodiment, after the group is bound to an electronic device, the determining module 22 determines a preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device. In other implementations, the determining module 22 determines a preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device bound to the group when any member of the group performs data sharing or when the preset target member performs data sharing. . The preset target member's setting may be selected by the group owner through the terminal device 30, or automatically set by the data backup control system 200, for example, according to the frequency of the group members sharing the data, and sharing the data within the preset time period. Group members whose frequency meets or exceeds the preset value are the target members.

In the first embodiment, the determining module 22 determines that the storage server 20 at the geographic location where the electronic device bound to the group is located is a preferred storage server. For example, the determining module 22 determines that the geographical location of the electronic device bound to the group is Shenzhen, and determines that the storage server 20 located in Shenzhen is a preferred storage server. In the second embodiment, the determining module 22 determines that the storage server 20 closest to the geographical location of the electronic device to which the group is bound is the preferred storage server. In this embodiment, the method for determining the geographic location of the electronic device bound to the group by the determining module 22 may be implemented by using a prior art such as GPS positioning, and details are not described herein again. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the geographical location label corresponding to the storage server 20 can also be stored in the local storage area device. When the determining module 22 needs to determine the preferred server, the storage server can be directly used by each storage server. The corresponding geographical location label is obtained in the device 20.

The backup module 23 is configured to back up the data shared by the group members providing the data sharing to one or more preferred storage servers determined by the determining module 22.

In this embodiment, the backup module 23 backs up the shared data to the preferred storage server when the size of the shared material is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; otherwise, the backup action is not performed. In this embodiment, when the shared data is not stored in the preferred storage server, the backup module 23 backs up the shared data to the preferred storage server, and the storage server has been stored in the preferred storage server. The backup operation is not performed when the data is shared. In this embodiment, when the shared data is a preset type, the backup module 23 backs up the shared data to the preferred storage server. When the shared data is not a preset type, No backup operations are performed. The preset data type is classified according to the content of the data. In an embodiment, the backup module 23 determines whether the shared material is a preset data type by using the file name. The data backup control system 200 can prompt the group members to perform corresponding naming according to the specific content of the data when the group member uploads the data, so as to facilitate judging the type of the data. For example, a work-related document may prompt the file name with the words "_work data", and the entertainment-related file may prompt the file name with the word "_Entertainment material". In another embodiment, the data backup control system 200 may pre-create different types of folders in the group space, such as work related folders, entertainment related folders, etc., when the group members upload materials, prompt the group members. Put the data in the corresponding folder. Of course, other methods can be used to determine whether the data to be shared is a preset data type, and will not be repeated here. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the information used by the group member for sharing is not limited to being stored in the storage server 20, but may also be stored in other devices such as the terminal device 30 used by the group member. data.

When the electronic device needs to acquire the shared data, the access control module 24 controls the electronic device bound to the group to acquire the shared data from the corresponding preferred storage server. In this way, the electronic device can obtain the shared data from the corresponding preferred storage server, so that the speed of acquiring the data is improved, so that the shared data can be displayed to the user at a faster speed. In particular, when the electronic device is a public electronic device, such as a television set in a video conference room, if the data shared by different group members can be displayed on the electronic device at a faster speed, the conference quality is greatly improved.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a cloud computing-based data backup control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

S301: The binding module 21 binds the group to one or more electronic devices.

S302: The determining module 22 determines a geographic location where each electronic device bound to the group is located, and according to the geographic location of the electronic device bound to the group and the geographic location corresponding to each storage server 20. A tag determines each preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device to which the group is bound. The determining module 22 may determine, after the group is bound to an electronic device, the preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device, or determine whether the group member or the preset target member of the group performs data sharing. A preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device to which the group is bound.

S303: The backup module 23 backs up the data shared by the group members that provide the data sharing to one or more preferred storage servers determined by the determining module 22.

S304: The access control module 24 controls the electronic device bound to the group to obtain the shared data from the preferred server corresponding to the electronic device.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it will be understood Therefore, it is intended that the invention not be limited to the embodiments disclosed herein,

100‧‧‧Cloud System

200‧‧‧ Data Backup Control System

10‧‧‧ Data backup control device

20‧‧‧ Storage Server

30‧‧‧ Terminal equipment

101‧‧‧ storage unit

102‧‧‧Processing unit

103‧‧‧Communication unit

21‧‧‧Binding module

22‧‧‧Determining modules

23‧‧‧Backup module

24‧‧‧Access Control Module

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S301‧‧‧ Bind a group to one or more electronic devices

S302‧‧‧determining the geographical location of each electronic device bound to the group, and determining each and the group according to the geographical location of each electronic device bound to the group and the geographical location label corresponding to the storage server Preferred storage server corresponding to the bound electronic device

S303‧‧‧ Back up the data shared by the members of the group sharing the data to the identified one or more preferred storage servers

S304‧‧‧Control the electronic device bound to the group to obtain the shared data from a preferred server corresponding to the electronic device

Claims (10)

A data backup control system is applied to a cloud system, where the cloud system includes a data backup control device, a plurality of storage servers communicating with the data backup control device, and a plurality of communication with the data backup control device and the plurality of storage servers a terminal device, a user using the terminal device is composed or joined by a software tool installed on the terminal device, and each user in the group is referred to as a group member in the group, wherein each The storage server corresponds to a geographical location label, and the improvement is that the data backup control system comprises:
a binding module, configured to bind the group to one or more electronic devices;
Determining a module, configured to determine a geographic location of each electronic device bound to the group, according to a geographic location of each electronic device bound to the group and a geographical location label of each storage server Determining a preferred storage server corresponding to each electronic device bound to the group;
a backup module, configured to back up data shared by group members for data sharing to one or more preferred storage servers determined by the determining module; and an access control module for controlling binding to the group The electronic device acquires the shared material from a preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device. The data backup control system of claim 1, wherein the determining module determines that the storage server within the geographic location in which the electronic device bound to the group is located is a preferred storage server. The data backup control system of claim 1, wherein the determining module determines that a storage server that is closest to a geographical location where the electronic device to which the group is bound is a preferred storage server. The data backup control system of claim 1, wherein the determining module determines, when the preset target member performs data sharing, a preferred storage server corresponding to each electronic device bound to the group. . The data backup control system of claim 1, wherein the backup module backs up the shared data to the one or more preferred storage servers when the shared data is of a preset type. in. The data backup control system of claim 1, wherein the backup module backs up the shared data to the one or more when the size of the shared material is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Preferably, the server is stored. A data backup control method is applied to a cloud system, where the cloud system includes a data backup control device, a plurality of storage servers communicating with the data backup control device, and a plurality of communication with the data backup control device and the plurality of storage servers a terminal device, a user using the terminal device is composed or joined by a software tool installed on the terminal device, and each user in the group is referred to as a group member in the group, wherein each The storage server corresponds to a geographical location label, and the improvement is that the data backup control method includes:
Binding the group to one or more electronic devices;
Determining a geographical location of each electronic device bound to the group, determining each and the group according to a geographical location of each electronic device bound to the group and a geographical location label of each storage server a preferred storage server corresponding to the group-bound electronic device;
Backing up data shared by group members who perform data sharing to the one or more preferred storage servers; and controlling the electronic device bound to the group to obtain the shared data from a preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device . The data backup control method of claim 7, wherein backing up the data shared by the member sharing the data to the one or more preferred storage servers is:
When the size of the shared material is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the shared material is backed up to the one or more preferred storage servers. The data backup control method of claim 7, wherein backing up the data shared by the member sharing the data to the one or more preferred storage servers is:
When the shared material is a preset type, the shared data is backed up to the preferred storage server. The data backup control method as described in claim 7 , wherein the data backup control method further comprises:
When the preset target member performs data sharing, each preferred storage server corresponding to the electronic device bound to the group is determined.