Patent ID: 7277985
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for storing downloadable content on a plurality of Enterprise Storage System (ESS) cells, comprising: receiving the downloadable content and characteristics corresponding to the downloadable content on a download grid manager; replicating the downloadable content from the download grid manager to unused storage space of the plurality of ESS cells based on the characteristics and a storage policy, wherein the storage policy indicates a limit of the unused storage space on each of the plurality of ESS cells that the downloadable content is permitted occupy; assigning the downloadable content a priority on the plurality of ESS cells, wherein the priority assigned to the downloadable content is lower than a priority of content stored within used storage space of the plurality of ESS cells; and managing the downloadable content on the plurality of ESS cells based on the priority and the limit of the storage policy.