Patent ID: 8060493
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer usable medium including computer readable code for determining storage requirements comprising: computer readable code for receiving a plurality of files to be stored; computer readable code for classifying the plurality of files based on business value; computer readable code for classifying the plurality of files based on contractual obligations; computer readable code for classifying the plurality of files based on empirical characteristics; computer readable code for determining a storage medium based on the classified business value, classified contractual obligation, and classified empirical characteristics; computer readable code for determining storage requirements based on the determined storage mediums; computer readable code for determining a normalization factor; computer readable code for determining a product of the determined normalization factor and summed individual used storage capacity; computer readable code for determining at least one secondary information class based on the product; and computer readable code for storing at least one of the received plurality of files based on the determined storage medium.