Method and apparatus for implementing a storage lifecycle based on a hierarchy of storage destinations
US7987325B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1448
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for implementing a storage lifecycle policy based on a hierarchy of storage destinations to improve storage lifecycle management is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises specifying at least one source copy for at least one storage lifecycle operation in a storage lifecycle policy to generate a storage destination hierarchy using the at least one specified source copy and performing the at least one storage lifecycle operation using the storage destination hierarchy.
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