Systems and methods for classifying and transferring information in a storage network
OwnerAnand Prahlad, Jeremy Schwartz +3inventors
InventorsAnand Prahlad, Jeremy Schwartz, David Ngo, Brian Brockway, Marcus Muller
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Abstract
Systems and methods for data classification to facilitate and improve data management within an enterprise are described. The disclosed systems and methods evaluate and define data management operations based on data characteristics rather than data location, among other things. Also provided are methods for generating a data structure of metadata that describes system data and storage operations. This data structure may be consulted to determine changes in system data rather than scanning the data files themselves.
Claims20
A method of classifying application-specific data, wherein at least some of the application-specific data is external to a computing system employing the method, the method comprising:
- receiving data from an application, wherein the data is specific to the application, and wherein at least some of the application-specific data is external to the computing system employing the method;
- classifying the application-specific data to create metadata containing one of multiple defined classifications of the application-specific data, wherein the classifications describe characteristics of the application-specific data that facilitate the performance of storage operations on the application-specific data, and wherein the classifications include interactions associated with the received data;
- and,
- storing the created metadata in a metabase, wherein the metabase stores metadata created by multiple different applications, wherein at least some of the metadata is specific to one of the multiple different applications.
A computer-readable media encoded with instructions for controlling a computing system to identify documents complying with a request for documents, by a method comprising:
- receiving a request for documents, wherein the request relates to satisfying a compliance criteria;
- based on the received request, searching a metabase to locate metadata describing documents satisfying the compliance criteria, wherein the metadata contains data classifications that describe characteristics of the documents that are not stored with the documents;
- and,
- providing responding data, wherein the responding data relates to documents satisfying the compliance criteria based on the located metadata, and wherein the responding data identifies both primary and secondary storage location associated with at least some of the documents.
A system for recovering data in an enterprise, comprising:
- a data object identification component for receiving criteria identifying one or more data objects to recover;
- a metabase component containing classifications associated with data objects, wherein the classifications include information associated with searching for the data objects;
- a search component for identifying metadata within the metabase that satisfies the received criteria;
- and,
- a data recovery component for recovering data described by the metadata identified by the search component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.