User-level quota management of data objects stored in information management systems

A system comprising:

• a computer memory and a computing device communicatively coupled to the computer memory, wherein the computing device is configured to:
• receive a request to delete from an information management system a selection of data that is associated with an end-user, wherein the selection comprises one or more of:
• a selected primary data object stored in a primary storage and a selected secondary copy data object stored in a secondary storage;
• based on determining that the selected primary data object is under legal hold:
• generating a secondary copy of the selected primary data object, store the generated secondary copy to the secondary storage, retain the generated secondary copy under legal hold in the secondary storage, delete the selected primary data object after generating the secondary copy thereof, and adjust an amount of storage used by the generated secondary copy from a total storage usage amount associated with the end-user;
• based on determining that the selected secondary copy data object is under legal hold:
• retain the selected secondary copy data object in the secondary storage, and adjust an amount of storage used by the selected secondary copy data object from the total storage usage amount associated with the end-user;
• and
• based on determining that the legal hold for the selected secondary copy data object has been lifted, automatically delete the selected secondary copy data object in the secondary storage

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• receive a request to delete from an information management system a selection of data that is associated with an end-user, wherein the selection comprises one or more of:
• a selected primary data object stored in a primary storage and a selected secondary copy data object stored in a secondary storage;
• based on determining that the selected primary data object is under legal hold:
• generate a secondary copy of the selected primary data object, store the generated secondary copy to the secondary storage, retain the generated secondary copy under legal hold in the secondary storage, delete the selected primary data object after generating the secondary copy thereof, and remove an amount of storage used by the generated secondary copy from a total storage usage amount associated with the end-user;
• based on determining that the selected secondary copy data object is under legal hold:
• retain the selected secondary copy data object in the secondary storage, and adjust the total storage usage amount associated with the end-user;
• and
• based on determining that the legal hold for the selected secondary copy data object has been lifted, automatically delete the selected secondary copy data object in the secondary storage.