Patent ID: 8533161
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a physical archive cluster, the cluster comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein each node comprises a processor, a data store coupled to the processor, and a local file system, and an application stored in the data store and executed by the processor, the method comprising: logically partitioning the archive cluster into a set of one or more namespaces, wherein a namespace comprises a collection of data objects for at least one application; enabling disposition of data objects with respect to a given namespace of the set of one or more namespaces; for the given namespace, and for a data object under retention, determining whether a retention time associated with the data object has reached a predetermined time; and if the retention time associated with the data object has reached a predetermined time, automatically deleting the data object that belongs to the given namespace.