Patent ID: 9396290
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for storing an incoming data object including metadata having first preferred predefined characteristics and raw data having second preferred predefined characteristics, the method comprising the acts of: providing a hybrid data storage management system comprising: receiving, by the hybrid data management system, from an external source, a write request for the incoming data object; determining, by the hybrid data management system, that the metadata and the raw data of the incoming data object have the first and second preferred predefined characteristics, respectively; identifying, by the hybrid data management system, the first and second preferred data store types corresponding to the metadata and the raw data, respectively, based on the first and second preferred predefined characteristics; routing, by the hybrid data management system, the raw data to the second data store for storage therein based on the raw data having been identified as corresponding to the second data store type; and storing, by the hybrid data management system, the metadata in the first data store based on the metadata having been identified as corresponding to the first data store type, and without regard to which of the plurality of data stores is the second preferred data store corresponding to the raw data of the incoming data object, the metadata including associative information linking the metadata with the corresponding raw data in the second data store, wherein the first data store and the second data store utilize different storage methods for at least one of data replication, retention and distribution, such that, by virtue of a first data store storage method, the first data store operates more efficiently on the metadata than the second data store would, and, by virtue of a second data store storage method, the second data store operates more efficiently on the raw data than the first data store would.