Patent ID: 9134916
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for use in a computer system having at least one management policy for managing access to and/or storage of a first content unit based on at least one attribute of the first content unit, the method comprising acts of: storing, in at least one second content unit in the computer system, metadata that specifies the at least one attribute used to manage access to and/or storage of the first content unit according to the at least one management policy, wherein the content of the second content unit further comprises an object identifier that identifies the first content unit, and wherein the first content unit is stored on at least a first object addressable storage (OAS) system; accessing the at least one management policy; accessing the at least one attribute from the second content unit; using the at least one management policy, at least one attribute of the first OAS system, and the at least one attribute from the second content unit to compute a first score for the first content unit associated with the first OAS system; providing the first score and the at least one attribute from the second content unit to at least a second OAS system; receiving, from the at least one second OAS system, an indication of whether a second score for the first content unit associated with the second OAS system is higher than the first score; and determining, based on the indication, whether to migrate the first content unit to the second OAS system in the computer system.