Patent Application
20170279871
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the technical field of file sharing, and in particular to an inter-regional file sharing method and system.
With the development of social economy, inter-regional file sharing has become a new urgent need and has drawn increasing attention. In the process of implementing the present disclosure, the inventor found that the existing inter-regional file sharing is based on conventional servers, has a limited capacity for storing and sharing files, and has a very low transmission speed due to inter-regional network resource limitation.
In one aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an inter-regional file sharing method. The method includes: configuring, in a first region, a first server and a first cloud storage cluster having a first domain name interface; and acquiring, by the first server, a file to be shared via the first domain name interface from the first cloud storage cluster and/or locally and transmitting the acquired file to be shared to a cloud cluster in a second region.
In another aspect, the embodiments of the present disclosure provide an inter-regional file sharing system, including: a first server configured in a first region, a first cloud storage cluster configured in the first region and having a first domain name interface, and a cloud cluster configured in a second region, wherein the first server includes a file sharing module configured to acquire a file to be shared via the first domain name interface from the first cloud storage cluster and/or locally and transmit the acquired file to be shared to the cloud cluster in the second region.
One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example, and not by limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings, wherein elements having the same reference numeral designations represent like elements throughout. The drawings are not to scale, unless otherwise disclosed.
The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing exemplary embodiments only and is not intended to limit the present disclosure. As used in the present disclosure and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It shall also be understood that the terms “or” and “and/or” used herein are intended to signify and include any or all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It shall be understood that, although the terms “first,” “second,” “third,” etc. may include used herein to describe various information, the information should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one category of information from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure, first information may include termed as second information; and similarly, second information may also be termed as first information. As used herein, the term “if” may include understood to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to” depending on the context.
Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “exemplary embodiment,” or the like in the singular or plural means that one or more particular features, structures, or characteristics described in connection with an embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment” or “in an embodiment,” “in an exemplary embodiment,” or the like in the singular or plural in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics in one or more embodiments may include combined in any suitable manner.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an inter-regional file sharing method and system, in order to solve the problem that the conventional inter-regional filing sharing has a limited storage capacity and a low transmission speed and to realize inter-regional filing sharing having a massive storage space and a high transmission speed.
The inter-regional file sharing method and system provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure enable massive-space file sharing by configuring cloud clusters in the first region and the second region between which files are shared. The file to be shared may be acquired from either a cloud network or a local server to satisfy a user's needs very conveniently. Moreover, in the embodiments of the disclosure, a user in the second region downloads a file directly from the cloud cluster in the second region, thereby making it faster to acquire the file and improving user experience.
In order to make the purpose, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of the disclosure more clearly, technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in conjunction with the figures. Obviously, the described embodiments are merely part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, other embodiments obtained by the ordinary skill in the art without inventive efforts are within the scope of the present disclosure.
In the following, embodiments of the disclosure will be described in further detail in conjunction with the drawings.
In step S101, a first cloud storage cluster having a first domain name interface is configured in a first region.
The first cloud storage cluster is configured in the first region for storing files to be shared. The first cloud storage cluster can provide a cloud object storage service and provide users with the storage service via the first domain name interface. Users can store files to be shared to the first cloud storage cluster via the first domain name interface.
In step S102, a first server is configured in the first region. A file to be shared is acquired by the first server.
The first server is configured in the first region for transferring files. After the first server is configured, files to be shared can be transferred through the first server. The first server may acquire a file to be shared from either first cloud storage cluster or locally. The first server can download and acquire the file to be shared from the first cloud storage cluster via the first domain name interface.
In step S103, the first server transmits the acquired file to be shared to a cloud cluster in a second region.
After acquiring the file to be shared, the first server can transfer the file to be shared to the second region through a network. In the embodiment of the disclosure, a cloud cluster (i.e., a cloud storage cluster) is configured in the second region for providing a cloud object storage service. The cloud cluster provides users in the second region with downloading services via its domain name interface. After the first server transmits files to the cloud cluster in the second region, the users in the second region can download corresponding files from the cloud cluster via the domain name interface thereof. The first server can transmit a file to be shared to the cloud cluster in the second region by configuring a second server in the second region. The first server first transmits the file to the second server, and then the second server uploads the file to the cloud cluster for storage.
With the method according to the embodiment of the disclosure, it is possible to provide a massive storage space for users sharing files between a first region and a second region. Also, users in the second region can download files directly from the cloud cluster in the second region, thereby increasing the speed of file acquisition and improving the user experience.
Preferably, when a file to be shared on the first server is transmitted to the second server, it is possible to accelerate the transmission via a wide area network so as to further increase the transmission speed of file sharing. The acceleration via the wide area network may be implemented by using prior art approaches for accelerating transmission, such as a forward error correction coding acceleration technology or a WDT (Warp speed Data Transfer) acceleration tool. In an embodiment of the disclosure, it is preferable to accelerate transmission by using the forward error correction coding technology. Specifically, the first server may encode an acquired file to be uploaded to convert it from TCP packets into UDP packets, and then transmit the UDP packets to the second server. After receiving the UDP packets, the second server may perform decoding to convert the UDP packets back into TCP packets. By using the UDP acceleration approach, even if a packet loss occurs during transmission (for example, among 11 packets to be transmitted to the second server, only 8 packets arrive at the second server), the correct file content can be acquired by performing forward error correction. That is, even if a packet loss occurs, the accuracy of the file will not be affected. Reference can be made to the prior art, for details of the process and mechanism of forward error correction, which will not be elaborated herein.
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The specific method and process for implementing the modules and units in the system according to the embodiment of the disclosure are the same as the above-described method, to which reference can be made.
Each of the first server and the second server in the inter-regional file sharing system according to the embodiment of the disclosure may be a server or cluster of servers, with each module/unit being an individual server or server cluster. In this case, interaction among the modules/units appears as interaction among servers or server clusters corresponding to the modules/units. The servers or server clusters together constitute the inter-regional file sharing system of the present disclosure.
It shall be noted that the first region in the method and system according to the embodiments of the disclosure is the region where the transmitting end of the file sharing is located and that the second region is the region where the receiving end of the file sharing is located. For example, if a file is shared from a country A to a country B, then country A is the first region and country B is the second region. If a file is shared from country B to country A, then country B is the first region and country A is the second region. In case there is a need for bi-directional sharing, the first server in the first region and the second server in the second region are configured in the same manner. That is, bi-direction transmission can be achieved by configuring an accelerating unit on the second server and configuring a receiving unit on the first server. Namely, it is possible and very convenient to either share a file on the first cloud storage cluster and the first server in the first region to the cloud cluster in the second region or share a file on the cloud cluster and the second server in the second region to the first cloud storage cluster in the first region.
Preferably, in order to ensure uploading and downloading speeds and the service quality, it is also possible to limit at the cloud times and priorities of users' uploading and downloading. In order to ensure effective use of the storage space, it is also possible to limit validity periods of files on the first cloud storage cluster and the cloud cluster, so that a file is allowed to be transmitted and shared only within its validity period and is allowed to be accessed and downloaded by users only within its validity period.
By configuring a first cloud storage cluster in a first region for storing a file to be shared and by transmitting by the first server the file to be shared to a cloud cluster in a second region, the method and system according to the embodiments of the disclosure allow a massive file sharing space to be provided for users, and can ensure that users download files from their own regions thereby increasing the speed of downloading files. Moreover, by configuring the first server and the second server in the first region and the second region to accelerate transmission, it is possible and very useful to further increase the speed of file sharing and shorten the time for inter-regional file sharing.
The present disclosure further provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, in which one or more programs including execution instructions are stored, the execution instructions being executable by electronic devices having control interfaces for executing the related steps in the above method embodiments. For example, the steps include: acquiring a file to be shared via the first domain name interface from the first cloud storage cluster and/or locally and transmitting the acquired file to be shared to a cloud cluster in a second region; and/or receiving the file to be shared and uploading the file to be shared to the cloud cluster in the second region.
Communications between the processor 310, the communications interface 320 and the memory 330 are accomplished via the communication bus 340.
The communications interface 320 is configured to communicate with a network element such as a client.
The processor 310 is configured to execute a program 332 in the memory 330, so as to execute the related steps in the above method embodiments.
In particular, the program 332 may include a program code which includes a computer operation instruction.
The processor 310 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), or one or more integrated circuits configured to implement the embodiments of the present disclosure.
The memory 330 is configured to store the program 332. The memory 330 may include a high speed RAM memory, and may also include a non-volatile memory, such as at least one disk memory. The program 332 may in particular be configured to cause the device 300 to execute the following operations:
A file sharing step: acquiring a file to be shared via the first domain name interface from the first cloud storage cluster and/or locally and transmitting the acquired file to be shared to a cloud cluster in a second region; and/or
A shared file receiving step: receiving the file to be shared and uploading the file to be shared to the cloud cluster in the second region.
The specific realization of each step in the program 332 can be seen from the corresponding descriptions of the corresponding steps and units in the above embodiments, and will not be described herein. It can be understood by a person skilled in the art that for the convenience and conciseness of the description, the specific working processes of the above described device and modules can be seen from the foregoing descriptions of the corresponding processes in the method embodiments, and will not be described herein.
The foregoing embodiments of device are merely illustrative, in which those units described as separate parts may or may not be separated physically. Displaying part may or may not be a physical unit, i.e., may locate in one place or distributed in several parts of a network. Some or all modules may be selected according to practical requirement to realize the purpose of the embodiments, and such embodiments can be understood and implemented by the skilled person in the art without inventive effort.
A person skilled in the art can clearly understand from the above description of embodiments that these embodiments can be implemented through software in conjunction with general-purpose hardware, or directly through hardware. Based on such understanding, the essence of foregoing technical solutions, or those features may be embodied as software product stored in computer-readable medium such as ROM/RAM, diskette, optical disc, etc., and including instructions for execution by a computer device (such as a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to implement methods described by foregoing embodiments or a part thereof.
Finally, it should be noted that, the above embodiments are merely provided for describing the technical solutions of the present disclosure, but not intended as a limitation. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the technical solutions described in the foregoing various embodiments can still be modified, or some technical features therein can be equivalently replaced. Such modifications or replacements do not make the essence of corresponding technical solutions depart from the spirit and scope of technical solutions embodiments of the present disclosure.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 201610184537.7 | Mar 2016 | CN | national |
This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CN2016/088819, filed on Jul. 6, 2016, which is based upon and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610184537.7, filed on Mar. 28, 2016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
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| Parent | PCT/CN2016/088819 | Jul 2016 | US |
| Child | 15246235 | US |
