Patent ID: 9672267
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A hybrid data storage management system for storing an incoming data object including metadata having first preferred predefined characteristics and raw data having second preferred predefined characteristics, the system comprising: a plurality of data stores including at least a first data store and a second data store different from the first data store, wherein each of the plurality of data stores is associated with a preferred data store type corresponding to a type of data store whose storage method permits the associated data store to operate more efficiently on data having preferred predefined characteristics associated with the data store type than on data not having the preferred predefined characteristics, and wherein the first data store is a first preferred data store having a first preferred data store type corresponding to first preferred predefined characteristics, and the second data store is a second preferred data store having a second preferred data store type corresponding to second preferred predefined characteristics; and a routing layer coupled to the plurality of data stores, wherein the routing layer is configured to: wherein the first data store and the second data store utilize different storage methods, 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.