Patent ID: 7668884
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of classifying data generated within a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a file system and a data storage device, the method comprising: intercepting the generated data, wherein the intercepted data is to be stored at the data storage device; generating a log entry within a log, wherein the log contains entries associated with the intercepted data; analyzing entries within the log to identify entries that satisfy at least one data management criterion, wherein the data management criterion is associated with data storage operations to be performed on the generated data; storing the intercepted data generated within the computer system on the data storage device; analyzing at least some of the data stored on the data storage device; based upon the analysis of the data, generating metadata that describes the data, wherein the generated metadata does not include metadata generated by the file system, or wherein the generated metadata includes both metadata generated by the file system and metadata other than metadata generated by the file system, including metadata indicating a period of time before which a data storage operation is to be performed on the data; and adding the generated metadata to a metabase, wherein the generated metadata describes the intercepted data associated with the identified log entries and refers to the data stored on the data storage device, but wherein the metabase does not include the data.