TWI626584B - Intelligent disk monitoring method and device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent disk monitoring method, which is executed by a processing unit, and includes the following steps. Get the free space of the storage device. When the available space is less than the threshold, the search for the less-used file in the storage device, upload the less-used file to the cloud storage server, and generate the file link to refer to the address of the uploaded file actually stored in the cloud storage server. Finally, the storage file is linked to the storage device.

Description

Intelligent disk monitoring method and device using the same

The present invention relates to a data storage technique, and more particularly to an intelligent disk monitoring method and apparatus using the same.

With the rapid development of digital multimedia, users are storing more and more multimedia files on a disk, and the length of multimedia files is also increasing. However, the storage space of the disk is limited, and how to manage the storage space of the disk more effectively is an important issue. Therefore, there is a need for an intelligent disk monitoring method and a device using the same for efficiently managing a storage space of a disk.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent disk monitoring method, which is executed by a processing unit, and includes the following steps. Get the free space of the storage device. When the available space is less than the threshold, the search for the less-used file in the storage device, upload the less-used file to the cloud storage server, and generate the file link to refer to the address of the uploaded file actually stored in the cloud storage server. Finally, the storage file is linked to the storage device.

Embodiments of the present invention provide an intelligent disk monitoring device including a storage device, a communication interface, and a processing unit. The processing unit is coupled to the storage device and the communication interface to obtain the available space of the storage device; when the available space is less than the threshold, the search for the less-used file in the storage device; uploading the less-used file through the communication interface The file is stored in the cloud storage server; the file link is generated to refer to the address of the upload file actually stored in the cloud storage server; and the storage file is linked to the storage device.

100‧‧‧Network

110‧‧‧Cloud Storage Server

150‧‧‧ desktop computer

210‧‧‧Processing unit

220‧‧‧ display unit

230‧‧‧ Input device

240‧‧‧Storage device

250‧‧‧ memory

260‧‧‧Communication interface

S310~S355‧‧‧ method steps

410a~410f‧‧‧ original file

430c, 430d, 430f‧‧‧ file links

450c, 450d, 450f‧‧‧ upload files

t ₄₁ , t ₄₃ ‧ ‧ points

S510~S570‧‧‧ method steps

600‧‧‧File Open Request

1 is a schematic diagram of a network system architecture in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a system architecture diagram of an arithmetic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for uploading a file to a cloud storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of uploading a file to a cloud storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of a method for obtaining and opening a file from different sources in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of obtaining and opening a file from a cloud storage server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following description is a preferred embodiment of the invention, which is intended to describe the basic spirit of the invention, but is not intended to limit the invention. The actual inventive content must be referenced to the scope of the following claims.

It must be understood that the terms "comprising", "comprising" and "the" are used in the <RTI ID=0.0> </RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> to indicate the existence of specific technical features, numerical values, method steps, work processes, components and/or components, but do not exclude Add more technical features, values, method steps, job processing, components, components, or any combination of the above.

The words "first", "second", and "third" are used in the claims to modify the elements in the claims, and are not used to indicate a priority order, an advance relationship, or a component. Prior to another component, or the chronological order in which the method steps are performed, it is only used to distinguish components with the same name.

The embodiment of the invention provides a network system architecture, including at least one storage server owned by the cloud storage provider, and a client that can store the data in the cloud storage server. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network system architecture in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The cloud storage provider has a storage server 110, such as a Google Drive® server, a OneDrive® server, or a Dropbox® server. The desktop computer 150 (also referred to as a client) can access the data stored in the server 110 via the network 100. The network 100 can be an Internet, a wired local area network (LAN), a wireless local area network, or any combination of the above. It should be noted that when the desktop computer 150 accesses the data stored in the server 110, it needs to pass the security check. In detail, the desktop computer 150 needs to provide a set of account numbers (IDs) and passwords, and can only begin to access data after verification. Although the embodiment uses the desktop computer 150 as an example, those skilled in the art can also implement the client on other electronic devices capable of communication, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, and the like.

2 is a system architecture diagram of an arithmetic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system architecture can be implemented on the desktop computer 150, including at least the processing unit 210. Processing unit 210 can be implemented in a variety of ways, such as with dedicated hardware circuitry or general purpose hardware (eg, a single processor, multiprocessing with parallel processing capabilities) , graphics processor or other processor capable of computing, and provide the functions described later when executing code or software. The system architecture further includes a memory 250 for storing data required for execution, such as variables, data tables, etc., and a storage unit 240 for storing various electronic files, for example, document processing files. , spreadsheets, briefing files, audio files, video files, links to the path of the cloud storage server, login account and password of the cloud storage server, ignore list, file access database, etc. The system architecture further includes a communication interface 260 for the processing unit 210 to communicate with the storage server 110 or other electronic devices. The communication interface 260 can be a wireless telecommunications module, a local area network (LAN) communication module, or a wireless local area network communication module (WLAN). A wireless telecommunications module can include a modem that supports any combination of 2G, 3G, 4G, or higher technology generations. The input device 230 can include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, and the like. The user can press a hard key on the keyboard to enter a character, control the mouse by operating the mouse, or create a gesture on the touch panel to control the executing application. The gesture may include, but is not limited to, a click, a double click, a single-finger drag, a multi-finger drag, and the like. The display unit 220 can include a display panel (eg, a thin film liquid crystal display panel, an organic light emitting diode panel, or other display capable panel) for displaying input characters, numbers, symbols, dragging the mouse's movement track, and drawing The picture provided by the pattern or application is provided for viewing by the user.

The embodiment of the invention provides an intelligent disk monitoring method for effectively managing the storage space of the disk. The entire process can consist of two parts: uploading infrequently used files to the cloud storage device; and getting and opening files from different sources.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of a method for uploading a file to a cloud storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This method is implemented by the processing unit 210 in the desktop computer 150 when loading and executing a software command of a smart disk monitor. The Smart Disk Monitoring Module is a background-executed daemon that cannot be directly controlled by the user. When the system is powered on, the operating system can activate the intelligent disk monitoring module. The intelligent disk monitoring module periodically checks the available space of the storage device 240 and uploads the less-used files to the cloud storage server 110 as necessary. A timer can be used to periodically wake up the smart disk monitoring module and execute it. First, the processing unit 210 acquires the available space of the storage device 240 (step S310). In step S310, the processing unit 210 can query the available space of the storage device 240 by using an application programming interface (API) provided by the file system. The processing unit 210 determines whether the available space is less than the threshold value, and the threshold value can be configured according to the total space of the storage device 240, for example, i% of the total space, i is an integer or a floating point number, which can be configured by the user (step S330). When the available space is not less than the threshold value ("NO" path in step S330), the entire flow ends.

When the available space is less than the threshold (the path of YES in step S330), searching for the less-used file in the storage device 240 (step S351), uploading the less-used file to the cloud storage server 110 (step S353), and generating The file link is used to refer to the address of the upload file that is actually stored in the cloud storage server 110, and is stored in the logical path of the storage device 240 where the uploaded file was originally stored (step S355). In step S351, in order to avoid an error occurring when uploading to an important file required in the operating system, an ignore list may be established in advance and stored in the storage device 240, including a plurality of attached file names, for example, .exe, .bin, .js, etc. . Processing unit 210 Detecting the file name of any file in the storage device 240 is included in the ignore list, skipping the file. In some embodiments, the processing unit 210 can use the application interface provided by the file system to query the last access time of each file. When the last access time of any file is earlier than the preset time, for example, n days ago, Before m months, n and m can be configured by the user, and this file is marked as a less-used file. In other embodiments, the processing unit 210 may store a file access database in the storage device 240 for recording access logs of each file. When each file is accessed, a corresponding record is added to the file access database. The processing unit 210 can query the access database to mark the file whose access frequency is less than the threshold as a less-used file. For example, less than q times in p months, p and q can be configured by the user. In step S353, the processing unit 210 can communicate with the cloud storage server 110 by using a specific communication protocol to upload a less-used file to a specified address in the cloud storage server 110. In step S355, the processing unit 210 may generate an archive link in the path originally stored in the uploaded file, to indicate that the file is actually stored in the address of the cloud storage server 110. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that only a few byte representations of the file link are required. When the file is replaced with a file link, the space of the storage device 240 can be released to other files.

The following describes the method described above. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of uploading a file to a cloud storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is assumed that the storage device 240 stores at least six files 410a to 410f: at time t ₄₁ , the processing unit 210 finds that the available space of the storage device 240 is less than the threshold value (step S330). Next, the processing unit 210 searches for the files that are rarely used in the storage device 240 to be 410c, 410d, and 410f (step S351). In order to increase the available space of the storage device 240, at time _t43 , the processing unit 210 uploads the less-used files 410c, 410d, and 410f to the cloud storage server 110 (step S353), and generates the file links 430c, 430d, and 430f. The addresses stored in the cloud storage server 110 are actually stored in the upload files 450c, 450d, and 450f (step S355). The less-used files 410c, 410d, and 410f originally used 30M, 50M, and 40M bytes, respectively, and each of the file links 430c, 430d, and 430f used about 16 bytes. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that when file links 430c, 430d, and 430f are used in place of files 450c, 450d, and 450f, space close to 120M bytes can be released.

Figure 5 is a flow chart of a method for obtaining and opening a file from different sources in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. This method is implemented by the processing unit 210 in the desktop computer 150 when the relevant software instructions are loaded. After receiving the open file request (step S510), the processing unit 210 determines whether the requested file is stored in the cloud storage server 110 (step S530). In step S510, the open file request includes the logical path of the storage unit 240 and the file name. In step S530, the processing unit 210 can determine whether an archive link corresponding to the file name is stored in the logical path of the storage unit 240. If so, the representative request file is stored in the cloud storage server 110. When the request file is not stored in the cloud storage server 110 ("NO" in step S530, that is, the logical path stored in the storage unit 240), the processing unit 210 directly uses the corresponding application to open the logical path for storage. Request file (step S570). When the request file is stored in the cloud storage server 110 ("YES" in step S530), the processing unit 210 downloads the file from the specified address of the cloud storage server 110 according to the file link and stores the logic in the file request opening. The path (step S551), the file link is deleted (step S553), and the request file stored in the logical path is opened using the corresponding application (step S570).

The following describes the method described above. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of obtaining and opening a file from a cloud storage server according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is assumed that at time point t ₆₁ , the processing unit 210 receives the open file request 600 issued by the user (step S510). Next, the processing unit 210 finds that the request file is stored in the cloud storage server 110 (step S530). The processing unit 210 downloads the file 450c from the specified address of the cloud storage server 110 according to the file link 430c and stores it to the logical path in the open file request 600 (step S551), and deletes the file link 430c (step S553). At time point t ₆₃ , the request file 410c stored in the logical path is opened using the corresponding application to respond to the user's open file request 600 (step S570).

Although the above-described elements are included in the second drawing, it is not excluded that more other additional elements are used without departing from the spirit of the invention, and a better technical effect has been achieved. In addition, although the flowcharts of the methods of FIGS. 3 and 5 are performed in a specific order, without departing from the spirit of the invention, those skilled in the art can modify the order among the steps while achieving the same effect. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the use of only the order as described above.

Although the present invention has been described using the above embodiments, it should be noted that these descriptions are not intended to limit the invention. On the contrary, this invention covers modifications and similar arrangements that are apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of the claims should be interpreted in the broadest form to include all obvious modifications and similar arrangements.

Claims (14)

An intelligent disk monitoring method is executed by a processing unit, comprising: obtaining an available space of a storage device; searching for at least one less-used file in the storage device when the available space is less than a first threshold; uploading the foregoing Using a file to a cloud storage server; generating a file link for pointing to an address of an upload file actually stored in the cloud storage server; and storing the file link to the storage device, wherein searching for the storage The step of at least one less use file in the device further includes: providing a ignore list, including a plurality of extension files; and ignoring any file whose attachment name is included in the ignore list. As described in the intelligent disk monitoring method of claim 1, the less-used file refers to a last access time that is earlier than a preset time. As described in the intelligent disk monitoring method of claim 1, the less-used file refers to an access frequency less than a second threshold. The method for monitoring the intelligent disk according to claim 1, further comprising: after receiving an open file request, determining whether a request file is stored in the cloud storage server; and when the request file is stored in the cloud storage server And downloading the request file from the cloud storage server and storing the request file to the storage device; and using an application to open the request file in the storage device. For example, the intelligent disk monitoring method described in claim 4 of the patent scope is further included. And when the request file is not stored in the cloud storage server, the request file is directly obtained from the storage device. The intelligent disk monitoring method of claim 4, wherein the open file request includes a logical path of the storage unit and a file name, and determining whether a request file is stored in the cloud storage server And the step of: determining whether the logical path of the storage unit stores a file link corresponding to the file name; and determining, when the logical path of the storage unit stores the file link corresponding to the file name, The request file is stored in the cloud storage server described above. The intelligent disk monitoring method of claim 6, further comprising: deleting the file link corresponding to the file name. An intelligent disk monitoring device comprising: a storage device; a communication interface; and a processing unit coupled to the storage device and the communication interface to obtain an available space of the storage device; when the available space is less than a first Searching for at least one less-used file in the storage device; uploading the less-used file to a cloud storage server through the communication interface; generating a file link to indicate that an uploaded file is actually stored in the cloud storage The address of the server; and storing the file to be connected to the storage device, wherein the processing The unit further obtains a ignore list from the storage unit, includes a plurality of extension names, and ignores any file whose attachment name is included in the ignore list. In the intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 8, the less-used file refers to a last access time that is earlier than a preset time. In the intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 8, the less-used file refers to an access frequency less than a second threshold. The intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 8, wherein the processing unit further determines whether a request file is stored in the cloud storage server after receiving an open file request; and when the request file is stored in the above The cloud storage server downloads the request file from the cloud storage server and stores the request file to the storage device; and uses an application to open the request file in the storage device. The intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 11, wherein the processing unit obtains the request file directly from the storage device when the request file is not stored in the cloud storage server. The intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 12, wherein the open file request includes a logical path of the storage unit and a file name, and the processing unit determines whether the logical path of the storage unit is stored. And a file link of the file name; and when the logical path of the storage unit stores the file link corresponding to the file name, determining that the request file is stored in the cloud storage server. The intelligent disk monitoring device of claim 13, wherein the processing unit further deletes the file link corresponding to the file name.