System and method for providing redundant access to metadata over a network
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1. A method of distributing metadata throughout a network, comprising:
- receiving an indication to perform a copy operation on one or more data objects;
analyzing a first metabase to identify data objects in a first data store associated with the first metabase that satisfy a selection criteria;
copying the identified data objects from the first data store to a second data store; and
copying metadata associated with the identified data objects from the first metabase to a second metabase, wherein the second metabase is associated with the second data store.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for data classification to facilitate and improve data management within an enterprise are described. The disclosed systems and methods evaluate and define data management operations based on data characteristics rather than data location, among other things. Also provided are methods for generating a data structure of metadata that describes system data and storage operations. This data structure may be consulted to determine changes in system data rather than scanning the data files themselves.
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1. A method of distributing metadata throughout a network, comprising:
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receiving an indication to perform a copy operation on one or more data objects; analyzing a first metabase to identify data objects in a first data store associated with the first metabase that satisfy a selection criteria; copying the identified data objects from the first data store to a second data store; and copying metadata associated with the identified data objects from the first metabase to a second metabase, wherein the second metabase is associated with the second data store. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system of distributing metadata throughout a network, comprising:
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a primary data store that contains a production copy of stored data; a primary metabase component that stores metadata associated with the primary data store, wherein the metadata contains information about data stored at the primary data store and describes characteristics of the data that are not stored with the data; a secondary data store that contains one or more secondary copies of the data; a secondary metabase that stores metadata associated with the secondary data store; and a data management operation component that performs data management operations on the stored data and uses the primary and secondary metabases to facilitate performing data management operations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a computer system, perform a method of moving data objects from a primary data store to a secondary data store, the method comprising:
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analyzing a primary metabase to determine data objects stored within a primary data store satisfying a data object query; identifying a secondary data store based on metadata stored within a secondary metabase to receive the determined data objects; copying the data objects from the primary data store to the secondary data store; and updating the secondary metabase with information describing the copied data objects. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing redundant access to metadata over a network, comprising:
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a means for storing at a centralized primary storage metabase, metadata that contains information about data stored at a computing device and describes characteristics of the data that are not stored with the data; a means for selecting one of multiple distributed secondary storage metabases to store a copy of at least some of the metadata stored at the centralized primary storage metabase; and a means for storing metadata at the selected one of multiple distributed secondary storage metabases via the network. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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