Nearline cloud storage based on FUSE framework

A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, presents cloud based storage as a virtual synthetic by:

• performing the following operations at a client that includes an application and is configured to communicate with cloud-based storage:
• using a Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) interface of a FUSE module to request file system information from a datacenter server of the cloud-based storage;
• receiving, with the FUSE module, the requested file system information from the datacenter server;
• presenting, with the FUSE interface, the received file system information at the client in the form of a file system interface that represents a FUSE file structure;
• requesting, with the FUSE module, data comprising a portion of a file that resides at the datacenter, wherein the file is compatible for use by the application residing at the client, wherein the request for data by the FUSE module specifies a particular byte range associated with the file, and wherein the byte range spans a plurality of different backups of a baseline dataset residing at the datacenter;
• and
• receiving, with the FUSE module, data in the requested byte range, wherein the data form a virtual synthetic that includes respective portions of data from each of the plurality of backups residing at the datacenter.

A physical device, wherein the physical device comprises:

• one or more hardware processors;
• and
• a non-transitory storage medium having stored therein computer-executable instructions which, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, presents cloud based storage as a virtual synthetic by:
• performing the following operations at a client that includes an application and is configured to communicate with cloud-based storage:
• using a Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) interface of a FUSE module to request file system information from a datacenter server of the cloud-based storage;
• receiving, with the FUSE module, the requested file system information from the datacenter server;
• presenting, with the FUSE interface, the received file system information at the client in the form of a file system interface that represents a FUSE file structure;
• requesting, with the FUSE module, data comprising a portion of a file that resides at the datacenter, wherein the file is compatible for use by the application residing at the client, wherein the request for data by the FUSE module specifies a particular byte range associated with the file, and wherein the byte range spans a plurality of different backups of a baseline dataset residing at the datacenter;
• and
• receiving, with the FUSE module, data in the requested byte range, wherein the data form a virtual synthetic that includes respective portions of data from each of the plurality of backups residing at the datacenter.