Patent ID: 7752437
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data storage infrastructure for a communication network that produces a plurality of data flows of network data, the data storage infrastructure comprising: a plurality of data storage systems configured to store the network data using a plurality of service classes, wherein different ones of the data storage systems provide different ones of the service classes, wherein one of the service classes requires geographically diverse back-up storage; and a storage management system configured to process characteristics for the data flows to assign individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of a plurality of data classes, process factors for the data flows to assign scores for the factors to the individual ones of the data flows, process the scores to generate total scores for the individual ones of the data flows, process key variables for the individual ones of the data flows, and assign the individual ones of the data flows to individual ones of the data storage systems based on the data class assignments, the total scores, and the key variables.