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System and method for automatic scheduling and policy provisioning for information lifecycle management

  • US 8,423,731 B1
  • Filed: 10/31/2006
  • Issued: 04/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automating management of a plurality of data containers stored on one or more storage devices operatively connected to a computer, comprising:

  • computing a priority for a data container of the plurality of data containers using an importance value associated with the data container;

    performing policy based management of the data container based on the computed priority, wherein performing policy based management comprises deleting the data container based on the computed priority;

    assigning, each data container of the plurality of data containers to a respective time slot within a backup window, wherein the backup window comprises a start time and a length of time, and wherein a length of a time slot depends on a size of changes in the assigned data container, so that unassigned time within the backup window is evenly distributed after each assigned time slot, thereby leaving approximately a same amount of unassigned time after each assigned time slot; and

    initiating, during each assigned time slot, one or more backup operations of one or more data containers of the plurality of data containers.

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