Patent ID: 8924359

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving information at a storage device, wherein the information is configured to be used in implementing a file-based tiering policy, the storage device comprises a plurality of tiers and is configured to implement a physical tiering policy, the information is received from an application in response to the application detecting that a storage object is subject to the file-based tiering policy, the storage device is configured to override an operation, the operation is initiated in accordance with the physical tiering policy, overriding the operation is based on the file-based tiering policy, and the overriding comprises detecting whether the storage object is located in an identified location that complies with the file-based tiering policy; and copying the storage object from a current location to the identified location, wherein the current location is specified by the physical tiering policy, the copying is performed in response to detecting that the storage object is not stored in the identified location, and the copying is performed by the storage device.