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RULE BOOK BASED RETENTION MANAGEMENT ENGINE

  • US 20200133781A1
  • Filed: 10/25/2018
  • Published: 04/30/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a retention period for a backup, the method comprising:

  • receiving raw data at a polling engine from at least a host, an application and a target device, wherein the host includes a source of data to be backed up during a backup operation and the target device is available space for storing the backup of the data;

    interpreting the raw data into categories of factors to generate grouped data;

    forming a query from the grouped data by a rule-maker;

    searching a rule book based on the query to identify a retention period for the backup; and

    storing the backup in accordance with the retention period.

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