Patent ID: 9104340
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for managing the storage of electronic data, the method comprising: storing a first copy of one or more files at a first storage location within a first storage device, the first storage device in communication with other devices via a network and comprising first computer hardware, an internal operating system, and an internal file management system; tracking the first copy of the one or more files stored in the first storage device with a data migrator that is external to the first storage device, wherein the data migrator executes on second computer hardware that is externally located from the first storage device; processing at least one storage policy with the data migrator to determine when to migrate the first copy of the files on the first storage device to one or more secondary storage devices; accessing index data stored in a location external to the first storage device, the index data comprising information about the first storage location within the first storage device; subsequent to said accessing, using the index data to identify that the first copy of the files is stored in the first storage location within the first storage device; and migrating, with the data migrator, the first copy of the one or more files stored in the first storage location within the first storage device to a second storage location in one or more secondary storage devices externally located from the first storage device.