Adaptively assigning of data management applications to data objects

A computer system comprising:

• means for storing data being descriptive of a tree being descriptive of a storage structure of the data objects;
• means for storing sets of separation points for each of the data management application instances, each set of separation points defining at least one sub-section of the tree which is assigned to the corresponding data management application instances to perform a data management task;
• means for storage of history data being descriptive of the data objects which have been affected by previous data management tasks;
• and
• means for determining a processing load for each of the data management application instances based on the history data and for adapting the separation points in the tree for the balancing of the loads of the data management applications instances.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory contains instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• determine a processing load for a plurality of data management application instances for performing a data management task based on history data being descriptive of the data objects which have been affected by previous data management tasks, each of the data management application instances being assigned to at least one sub-section of a tree being descriptive of a storage structure of the data objects by means of a set of separation points for each one of the data management application instances;
• and
• adapt the separation points in the tree for balancing the expected processing loads of the data management application instances for a future data management processing task.