Cross-System Storage Manager for Autonomous Data Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current data management systems face challenges in efficiently transferring and managing data across autonomous information management systems while maintaining system autonomy, dealing with rapid data growth, and providing cost-effective protection and analysis capabilities.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a cross-system storage management system that allows for the transfer of secondary copies of data between autonomous information management systems, using a storage manager to coordinate the transfer while minimizing information about the foreign system, ensuring autonomy and scalability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If data is transferred between autonomous information management systems, then data management efficiency is improved, but system autonomy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a storage manager as an intermediary component that enables data transfer between autonomous information management systems without requiring the systems to be directly integrated. The storage manager handles the coordination and management of data movement, allowing systems to maintain their autonomy while still achieving efficient cross-system data management through this mediating component.
2Adaptability or versatility
If detailed information about foreign systems is collected to enable data transfer, then data transfer capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complexity of foreign system management by isolating it within the storage manager component. Rather than requiring each system to understand and manage detailed information about foreign systems, the storage manager independently handles these complexities, allowing systems to maintain simplicity while still achieving robust data transfer capabilities.
3Quantity of substance
If data growth is accommodated by expanding storage capacity, then data management capability is improved, but cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The storage manager provides multi-functional capabilities that serve multiple purposes: it manages data transfer between systems, coordinates storage operations, and enables cost-effective data movement. This universal component handles various data management tasks efficiently, allowing organizations to accommodate data growth without proportionally increasing costs by consolidating multiple functions into a single management system.
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AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for cross-system storage management for transferring data across autonomous information management systems. Data may be transferred from one information management system to another information management system without interfering with or overriding each system's autonomy. For example, a secondary copy of production data (e.g., backed up data) is transferred from a first information management system that originated the data to a component of another “foreign” information management system. A first storage manager that manages the first information management system also manages the cross-system data transfer operation to a “foreign” client computing device, which remains under autonomous management as a component of the foreign information management system.