Patent ID: 11928041
Assignee: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for assessing disparate storage of data among a number of storage devices, the system comprising:
a processor;
a memory;
a data gravity analytics configuration module;
a knowledge database stored in the memory; and
computer code stored in the memory, wherein the computer code, when retrieved from the memory and executed by the processor causes the processor to:
receive information about one or more nodes from a plurality of forensic source submitters, the one or more nodes being associated with:
a network,
mass data storage systems,
data characteristics including at least one of: data mass, data activity, bandwidth between at least two points, or latency;
data storage parameters,
one or more zone indicators, and
one or more Internet Protocol IP addresses,
wherein the submitters are registered contributors in providing aggregated data storage evidence;

identify, using the processor, a selected zone indicator received via a user interface;
select, using the processor, a subset of nodes based on the selected zone indicator, wherein each of the nodes in the subset of nodes is associated with selected zone indicator;
calculate, using the processor, a data gravity index score of the subset of nodes based at least in part on one or more of the selected zone indicator and data characteristics of each of the subset of nodes weighted according to a context;
update the knowledge database with the calculated data gravity index score;
access, using the processor, a historical data set for one or more third party systems associated with the subset of nodes;
calculate, using the processor, a data gravity forecast over a first period of time for the one or more third party systems based on the calculated data gravity index score, the historical data set, and one or more factors; and
automatically generate recommendations for capacity planning for the one or more third party systems based on the data gravity forecast.