Patent ID: 9697213
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: an object storage server of a cluster file system; the object storage server being configured to interface with one or more object storage targets; wherein the object storage server is adapted for inclusion as one of a plurality of object storage servers forming a first storage tier of the cluster file system; the cluster file system further comprising a second storage tier; the second storage tier comprising a plurality of nodes of a scale-out network attached storage cluster; wherein the object storage server is further adapted for communication with one or more of the nodes of the scale-out network attached storage cluster of the second storage tier; wherein the object storage server comprises one or more components of file system middleware configured to control migration of data between the first and second storage tiers; wherein multiple data files stored on respective ones of the object storage targets are associated with a single middleware file for movement from the first storage tier to the second storage tier; and wherein the object storage server is implemented utilizing at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.