Brame: Hierarchical Data Management Framework for Cloud-Edge-Device Collaboration

Abstract: In the realm of big data, cloud-edge-device collaboration is prevalent in industrial scenarios. However, a systematic exploration of the theory and methodologies related to data management in this field is lacking. This paper delves into the sub-problem of data storage and scheduling within cloud-edge-device collaborative environments. Following extensive research and analysis of the characteristics and requirements of data management in cloud-edge collaboration, it is evident that existing studies on hierarchical data management primarily focus on the migration of hot and cold data. Additionally, these studies encounter challenges such as elevated operational and maintenance costs, difficulties in locating data within tiered storage, and intricate metadata management attributable to excessively fine-grained management granularity. These challenges impede the fulfillment of the storage needs in cloud-edge-device collaboration. To overcome these challenges, we propose a \underline{B}lock-based hie\underline{R}archical d\underline{A}ta \underline{M}anagement fram\underline{E}work, \textbf{Brame}, which advocates for a workload-aware three-tier storage architecture and suggests a shift from using tuples to employing $Blocks$ as the fundamental unit for data management. \textbf{Brame} owns an offline block generation method designed to facilitate efficient block generation and expeditious query routing. Extensive experiments substantiate the superior performance of \textbf{Brame}.