Patent attributes
A storage tiering system comprises a set of storage tiers, each of the storage tiers comprising a respective set of storage drives configured to store data based on an access frequency associated with the data. The set of storage tiers comprises one or more storage tiers forming at least one storage array configured to store block-based data in association with the respective sets of storage drives of the one or more storage tiers. The set of storage tiers further comprises a storage tier utilizing a cloud infrastructure configured to store object-based data in association with the set of storage drives of the storage tier. An application programming interface is configured to convert block-based data and object-based data for moving data between the one or more storage tiers associated with the storage array and the storage tier associated with the cloud infrastructure.
