Machine learning-based data object storage

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• retrieving data object usage data associated with a client computing device, the client computing device having one or more first hardware processors, wherein the client computing device is configured with computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the client computing device to store one or more data objects in a secondary storage device according to a storage policy at a first time;
• training a data storage machine learning (ML) model using the data object usage data;
• and
• transmitting the data storage ML model to the client computing device such that the client computing device uses the data storage ML model instead of the storage policy to determine which of the one or more data objects to store in the secondary storage device at a second time after the first time.

A networked information management system comprising:

• a client computing device having one or more first hardware processors, wherein the client computing device is configured with first computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the client computing device to store one or more data objects in a secondary storage device according to a storage policy at a first time;
• and
• one or more computing devices in communication with the client computing device, wherein the one or more computing devices each have one or more second hardware processors, wherein the one or more computing devices are configured with second computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more computing devices to:
• retrieve data object usage data associated with the client computing device;
• train a data storage machine learning (ML) model using the data object in response to a threshold amount of the data object usage being retrieved;
• and
• transmit the data storage ML model to the client computing device such that the client computing device uses at least one of the data storage ML model or the storage policy to determine which of the one or more data objects to store in the secondary storage device at a second time after the first time.