Patent ID: 8001089
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for managing storage objects, comprising: receiving user input via a user interface specifying a policy and a context for the policy, the policy associating at least one target storage object, a condition, and an action, the context comprising all of the at least one target storage objects to which the policy is to be applied, the user interface including a first policy segment area and a second policy segment area, wherein the first policy segment area corresponds to actions to be performed when a capacity update occurs in the at least one target storage object and the second policy segment area corresponds to actions to be performed when a file data update occurs in the at least one target storage object; detecting, using a computer processor, that the condition has been satisfied by the at least one target storage object; and performing the action on all of the at least one target storage object specified in the context upon detection of the condition.