International Business Machines Corporation
USER-DEFINED CUSTOM STORAGE CLASSES FOR HYBRID-CLOUD AND MULTICLOUD DATA MANAGEMENT

Abstract:

A method includes: receiving, by a computing device, input defining a custom storage class in a first dispersed storage network; receiving, by the computing device, input defining a data management rule in the first dispersed storage network; determining, by the computing device, a data object in the first dispersed storage network satisfies the data management rule; and moving, by the computing device and in response to the determining, the data object to a second dispersed storage network according to the custom storage class.