Patent ID: 11941275
Assignee: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising:
performing a backup of primary data stored in accordance with an information management policy,
wherein the information management policy comprises a set of parameters for performing backup operations on data assigned to the information management policy,
wherein the primary data is stored in a native format to create a first copy of secondary data stored in a backup format that is different than the native format, the secondary data stored on one or more secondary storage devices;

performing a plurality of incremental backups that backup changes in the primary data to the first copy of the secondary data;
determining usage status data of the one or more secondary storage devices associated with a first portion of the plurality of incremental backups;
for each one of a plurality of prediction models, performing a validation check using the usage status data associated with the first portion of the plurality of incremental backups;
comparing validation results corresponding to the plurality of prediction models to a usage status data associated with a second portion of the plurality of incremental backups;
based on the comparing, selecting one of the plurality of prediction models;
using the selected prediction model, generating a disk usage growth prediction of the one or more secondary storage devices; and
based on the disk usage growth prediction, adjusting available capacity of the one or more secondary storage devices.