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1. A method for prioritizing data backup requests, comprising:
assigning priority values to a plurality of parameters, each parameter being associated with a plurality of data backup requests; sorting the plurality of data backup requests according to a primary parameter from the plurality of parameters based on the priority values to prioritize the plurality of data backup requests, the plurality of parameters comprising levels of importance, and each of the plurality of parameters comprising a plurality of different potential values corresponding to the priority values, the plurality of parameters including at least two parameters selected from the group consisting of: storage tier assignment, number of paths in multipath data environments, type of backup redundancy, job priority, and order of receipt of the data backup requests; and sorting the plurality of data backup requests according to a secondary parameter from the plurality of parameters when at least two of the plurality of data backup requests comprise a same primary parameter priority value. |