Patent ID: 8370312
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for using cloud-based storage to optimize data-storage operations, at least a portion of the method being performed by a data-management server comprising at least a computer with a processor, the method comprising: receiving, at the data-management server, a request from a client device for directions for storing a data object; accessing, at the data-management server, a data-placement policy that comprises criteria for identifying storage systems suitable for storing the data object; identifying, at least in part by applying the data-placement policy at the data-management server, a plurality of storage systems that satisfy the criteria of the data-placement policy, at least one of the storage systems comprising a third-party Internet-based storage system; directing, at the data-management server, the client device to store the data object on the storage systems that satisfy the criteria of the data-placement policy; wherein directing the client device to store the data object on the storage systems that satisfy the criteria of the data-placement policy comprises directing the client device to: