Systems and methods for managed asset distribution in a distributed heterogeneous storage environment

A method for managing the distributed storage of managed content, comprising:

• providing a primary storage storing assets managed by the content management system, an index storage storing an index for the assets management by a content management system, a content metadata storage storing content management metadata, and an entity rule store storing an entity rule, wherein the entity rule defines a set of parameters and a destination storage remote from the primary storage, the set of parameters including at least one non-file system parameter;
• identifying a set of managed assets in the primary storage of the content management system associated with the entity rule based on the parameters of the entity rule by:
• obtaining a search query defining a search including the set of parameters as defined in the entity rule as search terms of the search query, and
• searching the assets using the search query and the index or content management metadata;
• determining which of the identified set of managed assets are currently stored in the primary storage based on the content management metadata;
• moving the identified set of managed assets currently stored in the primary storage to the destination storage location defined by the entity rule;
• and
• updating the content management metadata associated with each of the identified set of assets currently stored in the primary storage with a destination storage identifier and an asset identifier for the asset as stored in the destination storage location, and deleting those identified set of managed assets from the primary storage.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for:

• accessing a primary storage storing assets managed by the content management system, an index storage storing an index for the assets management by a content management system, a content metadata storage storing content management metadata, and an entity rule store storing an entity rule, wherein the entity rule defines a set of parameters and a destination storage remote from the primary storage, the set of parameters including at least one non-file system parameter;
• identifying a set of managed assets in the primary storage of the content management system associated with the entity rule based on the parameters of the entity rule by:
• obtaining a search query defining a search including the set of parameters as defined in the entity rule as search terms of the search query, and
• searching the assets using the search query and the index or content management metadata;
• determining which of the identified set of managed assets are currently stored in the primary storage based on the content management metadata;
• moving the identified set of managed assets currently stored in the primary storage to the destination storage location defined by the entity rule;
• and
• updating the content management metadata associated with each of the identified set of assets currently stored in the primary storage with a destination storage identifier and an asset identifier for the asset as stored in the destination storage location, and deleting those identified set of managed assets from the primary storage.