Cognitive storage management for a mobile computing device

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to perform a method comprising:

• monitoring content generation and usage on a mobile computing device by a user associated with the mobile computing device to determine usage habits of the user;
• determining a storage capacity for the mobile computing device;
• predicting future content generation and usage by the user based on the determined usage habits;
• determining whether future storage capacity issues could exist based on the predicted future content usage and the determined storage capacity;
• determining whether the mobile computing device will have connectivity during an instance in which future storage capacity issues could exist, based at least in part on an expected location of the mobile computing device at an expected time when the future storage capacity issues could exist;
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• in response to a determination that future storage capacity issues could exist based on the predicted future content usage and the determined storage capacity, causing at least a portion of content stored on the mobile computing device to be transmitted for storage in a remote storage.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor in communication with one or more types of memory, the processor configured to:
• monitor content generation and usage on a mobile computing device by a user associated with the mobile computing device to determine usage habits of the user;
• determine a storage capacity for the mobile computing device;
• predict future content generation and usage by the user based on the determined usage habits;
• determine whether future storage capacity issues could exist based on the predicted future content usage and the determined storage capacity;
• determine whether the mobile computing device will have connectivity during an instance in which future storage capacity issues could exist, based at least in part on an expected location of the mobile computing device at an expected time when the future storage capacity issues could exist;
• and
• in response to a determination that future storage capacity issues could exist based on the predicted future content usage and the determined storage capacity, cause at least a portion of content stored on the mobile computing device to be transmitted for storage in a remote storage.