Patent ID: 9652482
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method, implemented at least partly by a device, for managing storage of data in multiple storages of a multi-storage system, wherein the multiple storages are respectively associated with multiple storage levels associated with different types of storages that are designated ranks in accordance with one or more storage criteria, and wherein each one of the storage levels is associated with one or more storages of the same type in the multiple storage system, and wherein the method comprises: monitoring one or more storage attributes associated with least one data object to assign one or more storage rating values for the at least one data object; thereafter, obtaining at least one indication indicative of at least one storage level identified for storing the at least one data object in the multi-storage system; determining based on the currently assigned one or more storage rating values for the at least one object and the designated ranking of the at least one storage level as indicated by the at least one indication, whether to allow or continue to allow the at least one data object to be stored in at least one storage of the at least one storage level as indicated by the at least one indication; and allowing the at least one data object to be stored or continued to be stored in the at least one storage level indicated by the at least one indication when the determining determines to allow or continue to allow the at least one data object to be stored in at least one storage of the at least one storage level.