Content-driven information lifecycle management

摘要

A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a lifecycle of an object are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises analyzing the content of the object and associating the object to an information lifecycle management policy based on the content analysis and metadata. Metadata may be generated based on the content analysis, and used in setting the information lifecycle management policy. A date of disposition may be associated with the object, and actions in the ILM policy taken on the date of disposition.

主权项

1. A method of managing a lifecycle of an object having data and associated metadata, comprising:
analyzing the data associated with contents of the object stored in a storage device by identifying a type of data stored in the object and analyzing the data based on the identified type, wherein the type of data includes audio, video, or text data, wherein the data passes through an application layer, a transport layer, and a storage layer, wherein one or more of the layers derive metadata, wherein data is analyzed based on a determination of one or more appropriate policies selected and applied based on the data, analyzing the metadata associated with the object, wherein metadata of the object describes attributes associated with the data of the object and includes file metadata, transport metadata, or storage metadata, and wherein the data of the object is separate from metadata of the object; associating the object to one or more information lifecycle management policies based on the analysis of the identified type of data associated with the contents of the object and metadata of the object; and implementing the one or more information lifecycle management policies associated with the object.