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ZTE Communications ›› 2014, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (4): 3-7.DOI: DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5188.2014.04.001

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A New Virtual Disk Mapping Method for the Cloud Desktop Storage Client

Hancong Duan1, Xiaoqin Wang1, Ping Lu2, Shengmei Luo2, and Zhiyong Wang2   

  1. 1. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China;
    2. ZTE Corporation, Nanjing 210012, China
  • Received:2014-06-16 Online:2014-12-25 Published:2014-12-25
  • About author:Hancong Duan(duanhancong@163.com) received his BS degree in computer science from Southwest Jiaotong University in 1995, ME degree in computer architecture in 2005, and PhD degree in computer system architecture from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2007. He is currently a professor of computer science at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His current research interests include large-scale P2P content delivery network, distributed storage, and operating system.
    Xiaoqin Wang(xiaoqinwang0508@gmail.com) received his BS degree in computer science from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. She is currently a ME candidate at the Department of Computer Software and Theory, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Her research interests include distributed storage and cloud computing.
    Ping Lu(lu.ping@zte.com.cn) received his ME degree in automatic control theory and applications from South East University. He is the chief executive of the Service Institute of ZTE Corporation. His research interests include augmented reality and multimedia services technologies.
    Shengmei Luo(luo.shengmei@zte.com.cn) received his MS degree in telecommunication and electronics from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1996. He is a chief architect at ZTE corporation. His research interests include cloud computing, cloud storage, and big data.
    Zhiyong Wang(wang.zhiyong@zte.com.cn) received his master’s degree in earth exploration and information technology from China University of Mining. He is currently a product planning manager at ZTE Corporation. His research interests include cloud computing, cloud storage, and big data.
  • Supported by:
    This work on key technologies of the integration of cloud desktop and cloud storage Platform is supported by ZTE Industry -Academia -Research Cooperation Funds.

A New Virtual Disk Mapping Method for the Cloud Desktop Storage Client

Hancong Duan1, Xiaoqin Wang1, Ping Lu2, Shengmei Luo2, and Zhiyong Wang2   

  1. 1. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China;
    2. ZTE Corporation, Nanjing 210012, China
  • 作者简介:Hancong Duan(duanhancong@163.com) received his BS degree in computer science from Southwest Jiaotong University in 1995, ME degree in computer architecture in 2005, and PhD degree in computer system architecture from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2007. He is currently a professor of computer science at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. His current research interests include large-scale P2P content delivery network, distributed storage, and operating system.
    Xiaoqin Wang(xiaoqinwang0508@gmail.com) received his BS degree in computer science from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. She is currently a ME candidate at the Department of Computer Software and Theory, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Her research interests include distributed storage and cloud computing.
    Ping Lu(lu.ping@zte.com.cn) received his ME degree in automatic control theory and applications from South East University. He is the chief executive of the Service Institute of ZTE Corporation. His research interests include augmented reality and multimedia services technologies.
    Shengmei Luo(luo.shengmei@zte.com.cn) received his MS degree in telecommunication and electronics from Harbin Institute of Technology in 1996. He is a chief architect at ZTE corporation. His research interests include cloud computing, cloud storage, and big data.
    Zhiyong Wang(wang.zhiyong@zte.com.cn) received his master’s degree in earth exploration and information technology from China University of Mining. He is currently a product planning manager at ZTE Corporation. His research interests include cloud computing, cloud storage, and big data.
  • 基金资助:
    This work on key technologies of the integration of cloud desktop and cloud storage Platform is supported by ZTE Industry -Academia -Research Cooperation Funds.

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Abstract: Integration of the cloud desktop and cloud storage platform is urgent for enterprises. However, current proposals for cloud disk are not satisfactory in terms of the decoupling of virtual computing and business data storage in the cloud desktop environment. In this paper, we present a new virtual disk mapping method for cloud desktop storage. In Windows, compared with virtual hard disk method of popular cloud disks, the proposed implementation of client based on the virtual disk driver and the file system filter driver is available for widespread desktop environments, especially for the cloud desktop with limited storage resources. Furthermore, our method supports customizable local cache storage, resulting in user-friendly experience for thin-clients of the cloud desktop. The evaluation results show that our virtual disk mapping method performs well in the read-write throughput of different scale files.

Key words: virtual disk, cloud desktop, file system filter driver, customizable cache storage

摘要： Integration of the cloud desktop and cloud storage platform is urgent for enterprises. However, current proposals for cloud disk are not satisfactory in terms of the decoupling of virtual computing and business data storage in the cloud desktop environment. In this paper, we present a new virtual disk mapping method for cloud desktop storage. In Windows, compared with virtual hard disk method of popular cloud disks, the proposed implementation of client based on the virtual disk driver and the file system filter driver is available for widespread desktop environments, especially for the cloud desktop with limited storage resources. Furthermore, our method supports customizable local cache storage, resulting in user-friendly experience for thin-clients of the cloud desktop. The evaluation results show that our virtual disk mapping method performs well in the read-write throughput of different scale files.

关键词: virtual disk, cloud desktop, file system filter driver, customizable cache storage