System and method for improved cache performance

A method of operating a coordination point for assigning clients to remote backup storages, comprising:

• obtaining a data storage request for data from a client of the clients;
• without reading the data:
• obtaining an inferential characterization of the client;
• identifying a type of the client using the inferential characterization of the client, wherein, identifying the type of the client using the inferential characterization of the client comprises:
• making a prediction of a content of the data based on the inferential characterization of the client, and
• matching the predicted content of the data to one type of a plurality of types,
• wherein each type of the plurality of types is associated with a different respective contents;
• selecting a remote backup storage of the remote backup storages based on the identified type of the client using client type to remote backup storage mappings;
• and
• assigning the selected remote backup storage to service the data storage request.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for assigning clients to remote backup storages, the method comprising:

• obtaining a data storage request for data from a client of the clients;
• without reading the data:
• obtaining an inferential characterization of the client;
• identifying a type of the client using the inferential characterization of the client, wherein, identifying the type of the client using the inferential characterization of the client comprises:
• making a prediction of a content of the data based on the inferential characterization of the client, and
• matching the predicted content of the data to one type of a plurality of types,
• wherein each type of the plurality of types is associated with a different respective contents;
• selecting a remote backup storage of the remote backup storages based on the identified type of the client using client type to remote backup storage mappings;
• and
• assigning the selected remote backup storage to service the data storage request.