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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2022
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Jagannathdas Rath, Bengaluru, IN;
Kalyan C Gunda, Bangalore, IN;
DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system manages an object in a storage provider that provides a plurality of storage classes of storage. The method may include receiving a request for transfer of the object comprising segments from a first storage class to a second storage class of the storage provider; storing metadata associated with the object; determining that each of the segments satisfies a data storage policy based on the access characteristics of each of the segments within the object, wherein the determining includes: determining that none of the segments are referenced by the new segment for a predetermined time period; determining that none of the segments are accessed for the predetermined time period from the last accessed time instance; and in response to determining that each of the segments satisfies the data storage policy, transferring the object from the first storage class to the second storage class of the storage provider.