Patent ID: 8442951

Claim:
A system for processing archive content comprising: an archive storage; and an archive server in communication with the archive storage and including a node, the node including: a file system configured to receive archive content, an index handler in communication with the file system, wherein: the index handler is configured to index a newly archived file of a current set of archive content at a first classification level or a second classification level selected from a hierarchy of classification levels, the first classification level defines a first class of metadata including a plurality of types of metadata to be derived from the current set of archive content, and the second classification level defines a second type of metadata that includes fewer types of metadata than the first class of metadata, and the index handler is further configured to flag the newly archived file of the current set of archive content indexed at the second classification level, and re-index the flagged newly archived file of the current set of archive content to the first classification level at a later time, and an ingestion handler in communication with the file system and the index handler configured to locate the flagged newly archived file in the file system.