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Active storage and retrieval systems and methods

  • US 7,831,563 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2006
  • Issued: 11/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of managing storage of a data item, the method comprising:

  • at an active storage and retrieval system executed by a computer and coupled to storage tiers;

    storing storage policies that each are associated with a class of content, define at least an initial storage tier for storing a data item, and that specify, for each of multiple circumstances, a storage action to be performed on the data item when the circumstance occurs;

    associating a data item with a storage policy from the stored storage policies based on a class of content of the data item that matches the class of content of the storage policy;

    detecting, by an event listener, that a circumstance specified in the storage policy has occurred;

    in response to detecting that the circumstance specified in the storage policy has occurred, making a storage decision about the data item using the storage policy and based on a business value of the data item that is based on application layer factors of an event that has occurred on the data item, performance of a process step, a change in lifecycle of the data item, and a change in metadata about the data item; and

    in response to making the storage decision, performing a storage action on the data item.

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