Prioritization in cloud migration for deduplication systems

A computer-implemented method for prioritization in cloud migration for deduplication systems, comprising:

• creating a set of priorities which correspond to backup files in a set of backup files, wherein each priority is based on estimating at least one of a time required for a corresponding backup file to migrate from a local storage system to a cloud storage system or an amount of data deduplicated when the corresponding backup file is stored;
• copying a backup file, which corresponds to a highest priority in the set of priorities, from the set of backup files stored in the local storage system to a cloud storage system;
• and
• copying a backup file, which corresponds to a lowest priority in the set of priorities, from the set of backup files stored in the local storage system to a cloud storage system, thereby completing a copying of the set of backup files to the cloud storage system.

A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer-readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:

• create a set of priorities which correspond to backup files in a set of backup files, wherein each priority is based on estimating at least one of a time required for a corresponding backup file to migrate from a local storage system to a cloud storage system or an amount of data deduplicated when the corresponding backup file is stored;
• copy a backup file, which corresponds to a highest priority in the set of priorities, from the set of backup files stored in the local storage system to a cloud storage system;
• and
• copy a backup file, which corresponds to a lowest priority in the set of priorities. from the set of backup files stored in the local storage system to a cloud storage system, thereby completing a copying of the set of backup files to the cloud storage system.