DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS IN A SECONDARY STORAGE SUBSYSTEM USING IMAGE RECOGNITION AND IMAGE-BASED CRITERIA

摘要

A data storage management system incorporates image recognition and classification features. The illustrative system generates thumbnail images to represent images detected in secondary copies. Subsequent image recognition and classification operations are based on the thumbnail images without need to access the secondary copies from which the thumbnails were derived. The system indexes thumbnail images and respective relationships to each other and to the source secondary copies. Metadata from the source secondary copies is extracted and preserved with the thumbnails. Thumbnail images, metadata, and related index data (collectively “thumbnail data”) are stored locally in an illustrative content index server, or in an enhanced storage manager, thus improving performance without interfering with ongoing storage management operations. Features are disclosed for searching within the system and performing storage management operations based on image criteria. Access to/from other systems is also possible, e.g., for importing images and/or thumbnails.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a secondary storage subsystem comprising secondary copies of primary data and secondary storage devices storing the secondary copies; a computing device comprising one or more processors and associated computer memory for storing computer-executable instructions, and further comprising mass storage for storing data; wherein the computing device is programmed to:
store an image index in the mass storage,
wherein the image index comprises associations between image data representing persons and respective personal identifiers of the represented persons,receive a criterion that comprises a first personal identifier of a first person,use the image index to identify one or more secondary copies in the secondary storage subsystem that comprise an image of the first person having the first personal identifier,
wherein the identify operation is performed by the computing device without accessing the identified one or more secondary copies, andinitiate a first storage-management operation upon the identified one or more secondary copies that comprise the image of the first person having the first personal identifier.