Patent ID: 8694653
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At computer system including one or more processors and system memory, the computer system within a customer premise and connected to a cluster of compute nodes, the computer system including a head node for the cluster of compute nodes, the head node connected to a client and to a resource cloud, the resource cloud including one or more cloud nodes, the head node including an on premise data transfer proxy, a method for targeted data transfer between the client and the resource cloud, the method comprising: an act of receiving a file request from the client, the file request including a logical name and a requested file operation, the logical name targeting a targeted node where the requested file operation is to be performed; an act of verifying that the client is authorized to perform the requested file operation at the targeted node; an act of checking the logical name to determine if targeted node is a compute node or a cloud node; an act of determining that the targeted node is a cloud node; an act of opening a secure channel to a cloud-based data transfer proxy within the resource cloud, the secure channel opened using a certificate for the resource cloud; and an act of sending the file request to the cloud-based data transfer proxy for resolution of the logical name into the physical address of the targeted node such that the file operation can be performed at the targeted node.