Content-driven information lifecycle management

• US 20060004847A1
• Filed: 11/30/2004
• Published: 01/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Claudatos, Christopher Hercules, Andruss, William Dale
• Granted Patent: US 9,268,780 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/125 characterised by the use of retention policies retention policies for HSM systems G06F16/185
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/16 File or folder operations, e.g. details of user interfaces specifically adapted to file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0605 by facilitating the interaction with a user or administrator
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0649 Lifecycle management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/067 Distributed or networked storage systems, e.g. storage area networks [SAN], network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of an object are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises analyzing the content of the object and associating the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata. Metadata may be generated based on the content analysis, and used in setting the information lifecycle management policy. A date of disposition may be associated with the object, and actions in the ILM policy taken on the date of disposition.

Claims

1. A method of managing a lifecycle of an object having content and associated metadata, comprising:

analyzing the content of the object; and

associating the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising determining a type of the object from the metadata, and using the type of the object in analyzing the content of the object.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the information lifecycle management policy indicates quarantine.

4. The method as recited in claim 3, further comprising quarantining the object.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the information lifecycle management policy indicates a service level to be assigned.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising assigning a service level to the object.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, further comprising assigning, based on the service level, at least one parameter selected from the group comprising performance, latency, bandwidth, security, availability, backup frequency, level of encryption, number of copies, compression, media type, data migration, retention period, or access control.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising associating a date of disposition with the object.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein the information lifecycle management policy indicates an action to be taken, and further comprising taking the action when the date of disposition has been reached.

10. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising generating metadata based on the content analysis.

11. The method as recited in claim 10, further comprising associating the generated metadata with the object.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising storing the generated metadata apart from the object.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein associating the object to the information lifecycle management policy is further based on the generated metadata.

14. A system for managing a lifecycle of an object having content and associated metadata, comprising an information management system configured to:

analyze the content of the object; and

associate the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata.

15. The system as recited in claim 14, further configured to generate metadata reflecting an analysis of the content.

16. The system as recited in claim 15, further configured to use the generated metadata to associate the object to an information lifecycle management policy.

17. A computer program product for managing a lifecycle of an object having content and associated metadata, comprising a computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for:

analyzing the content of the object; and

associating the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata.