Active archive bridge

Abstract

A primary data storage system is connected with a separate and external active archive storage system to consolidate data and allow active archive data to be managed based on primary storage system events. The primary data storage system may be managed and maintained by an external entity, and may include a manager module such as a resource manager. The active archive system may include several tiers of storage in a hierarchical storage system and logic for moving data between and among the tiers. As data processing milestones are completed or the state of data changes, in projects stored in the primary data storage system, task milestone or state change events are detected. Event detection can trigger data movement in the active archive solution. One or more software modules implementing the present invention may detect the events and trigger active archive operations based on the events.

1 . A method for managing data, the method comprising:
 collecting data relating to a project;   identifying an event associated with the data that relates to the project;   identifying policy associated with the event; and   storing the data that relates to the project based on the event and according to the policy.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the event is associated with a completion of a task associated with the project. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the storing of the data that relates to the project corresponds to moving data from a first data storage location to a second data storage location. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the first data storage location is at a first data storage tier and the second data storage location is at a second data storage location. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein file system data is scanned to identify identifiers associated with the project. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein a location where the data that relates to the project is based on the identifiers associated with the project. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of different files associated with the project are stored in the locations. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein storage locations associated with storing the data that relates to the project are tracked based on a project identifier that identifies one or more files associated with the project. 
     
     
         9 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor for managing data, the method comprising:
 collecting data relating to a project;   identifying an event associated with the data that relates to the project;   identifying policy associated with the event; and   storing the data that relates to the based on the event and according to the policy.   
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein the event is associated with a completion of a task associated with the project. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein the storing of the data that relates to the project corresponds to moving data from a first data storage location to a second data storage location. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 11 , wherein the first data storage location is at a first data storage tier and the second data storage location is at a second data storage location. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein file system data is scanned to identify identifiers associated with the project. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 13 , wherein a location where the data that relates to the project is based on the identifiers associated with the project. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein a plurality of different files associated with the project are stored in the locations. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 9 , wherein storage locations associated with storing the data that relates to the project are tracked based on a project identifier that identifies one or more files associated with the project. 
     
     
         17 . A apparatus for managing data, the apparatus comprising:
 a memory;   a processor executing instructions out of the memory, wherein the processor organizes:
 organizes the collection data relating to a project, 
 identifies an event associated with the data that relates to the project, 
 identifies policy associated with the event, and 
 organizes the storage of the data that relates to the based on the event and according to the policy. 
   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the event is associated with a completion of a task associated with the project. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the storing of the data that relates to the project corresponds to moving data from a first data storage location to a second data storage location. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the first data storage location is at a first data storage tier and the second data storage location is at a second data storage location.