Patent ID: 9652335
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for managing data in a storage system, the method comprising: receiving at a media agent component comprising computer hardware, a request to restore at least one requested data file from a Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Device, wherein the at least one requested data file is restored to a first storage device with a first file management system, and the Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Device comprises a second file management system that is different than the first file management system; directing with the media agent, a file processor to retrieve a data structure from the Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Device, wherein a first data structure is retrieved with the second file management system, the first data structure comprising at least a header, a chunk of data, and a trailer, the header comprising at least a set of file markers that identify a plurality of data files in a chunk of data in the data structure, the trailer comprising at least metadata about the plurality of data files in the chunk of data; obtaining, with the file processor, the metadata in the trailer about the plurality of data files; and reconstructing an index using the metadata, wherein the index is accessible by the media agent.