Cognitive file and object management for distributed storage environments

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the embodied program instructions being executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to:

• filter, by the processing circuit, a plurality of files stored to a central cluster of a distributed file system to place independent portions of the plurality of files into a plurality of groups using filters prior to receiving a query on the plurality of files, wherein files within each of the plurality of groups share a common searchable characteristic, wherein each of the plurality of groups comprises at least one sub-group, wherein sub-groups within each of the plurality of groups are organized in a tree structure;
• receive, by the processing circuit at the central cluster, an indication of the query;
• respond to the query, by the processing circuit, by duplicating files of one or more of the plurality of groups that correspond to the query to a local cluster of the distributed file system that provided the indication of the query;
• and
• adapt, by the processing circuit, the filters over time for updating the plurality of groups to optimize the groups for efficiently responding to queries,
• wherein updating the plurality of groups to optimize the groups for efficiently responding to queries includes updating the plurality of groups to account for changes to the plurality of files stored to the central cluster,
• wherein updating the plurality of groups occurs in response to a triggering event,
• wherein the triggering event includes two or more of:
• deletion of an existing file on the central cluster, addition of a new file to the central cluster, addition of a new file type to the central cluster, and update of a text conversion process of the central cluster,
• wherein the plurality of groups are updated in response to two or more of:
• removing one or more groups, adding one or more groups, adding one or more files to a particular group, and removing one or more files from the particular group.

A system, comprising:

• a processing circuit;
• a memory;
• and
• logic stored to the memory, that when executed by the processing circuit causes the processing circuit to:
• filter a plurality of files stored to a central cluster of a distributed file system to place independent portions of the plurality of files into a plurality of groups using filters prior to receiving a query on the plurality of files, wherein files within each of the plurality of groups share a common searchable characteristic, wherein each of the plurality of groups comprises at least one sub-group, wherein sub-groups within each of the plurality of groups are organized in a tree structure;
• receive, at the central cluster, an indication of the query;
• respond to the query by duplicating files of one or more of the plurality of groups that correspond to the query to a local cluster of the distributed file system that provided the indication of the query;
• and adapt the filters over time for updating the plurality of groups to optimize the groups for efficiently responding to queries,
• wherein updating the plurality of groups to optimize the groups for efficiently responding to queries includes updating the plurality of groups to account for changes to the plurality of files stored to the central cluster,
• wherein updating the plurality of groups occurs in response to a triggering event,
• wherein the triggering event includes two or more of:
• deletion of an existing file on the central cluster, addition of a new file to the central cluster, addition of a new file type to the central cluster, and update of a text conversion process of the central cluster,
• wherein the plurality of groups are updated in response to two or more of:
• removing one or more groups, adding one or more groups, adding one or more files to a particular group, and removing one or more files from the particular group.