Data management system for storage tiers

A data management system that manages movement of data between different types of storage comprising:

• a storage system storing data in a set of storage tiers in the storage system;
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• a computer system that identifies a process to be performed in an organization;
• identifies data associated with a set of tags using a policy, wherein the policy is associated with the process and defines the set of tags for a set of types of data used in the process in order to identify the data needed to perform the process in the organization;
• determines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags using the policy, wherein the policy defines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process in order to determine where the data should be located for use when performing the process in the organization;
• moves the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy in order to locate the data for use when performing the process in the organization;
• and performs the process in the organization using the data in the set of storage tiers that was moved using the policy that defines both (i) the set of tags for the set of types of data used in the process performed in the organization and (ii) the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process performed in the organization.

A computer program product for managing movement of data between different types of storage based on a process performed in an organization, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable storage media;
• first program code for identifying a process to be performed in an organization;
• second program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for identifying data associated with a set of tags using a policy, wherein the policy is associated with the process and defines the set of tags for a set of types of data used in the process, in order to identify the data needed to perform the process in the organization;
• third program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for determining a set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags using the policy, wherein the policy defines the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process in order to determine where the data should be located for use when performing the process in the organization;
• fourth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for moving the data associated with the set of tags to the set of storage tiers as determined using the policy in order to locate the data for use when performing the process in the organization;
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• fifth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for performing the process in the organization using the data in the set of storage tiers that was moved using the policy that defines both (i) the set of tags for the set of types of data used in the process performed in the organization and (ii) the set of storage tiers for the data associated with the set of tags when the data associated with the set of tags is used by the process performed in the organization.