Patent ID: 9189427
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A policy based data archiving system, comprising: a user activity monitor, coupled to an end user device, for monitoring, in real time, an end user's attempt to access data stored on a user folder of the user's primary storage device, said user activity monitor configured to react in real time to said end user's attempt by triggering archival of one or more files other than the data of said end user's attempt, wherein responsive to said end user's attempt to access data on said primary storage device, said user activity monitor provides a notification of said attempt, said notification including an indication of the nature of said end user's attempt; a storage policy rules device, responsive to said notification of said attempt by said end user to access data on said primary storage device, for accessing one or more storage policy rules previously established and stored on said storage policy rules device, and for comparing said nature of said end-user's attempt with said one or more storage policy rules, and responsive to an indication that said nature of said end-user's attempt corresponds to at least one of said one or more storage policy rules, for providing an indication of said correspondence; an archiving translation device, coupled to said storage policy rules device, and responsive to said indication of said correspondence between said end-users attempt and said at least one of said one or more storage policy rules, for utilizing said at least one of said one or more storage policy rules to scan said storage device and for identifying said one or more files other than the data of said end user's attempt, which must be archived based upon said at least one of said one or more storage policy rules, and responsive to said identification of one or more files to be archived, for providing said identification to an archiving application, and for providing to said archiving application one or more commands understandable by said archiving application, said one or more commands including specific instructions for said archiving application as to how to handle said identified files to be archived from the user folder of the user's primary storage device to archiving storage.