| US 7,519,638 B2 | ||
| Method for developing enterprise information life cycle management policies and solutions | ||
| Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, Va. (US); Gino A. Palozzi, Westerville, Ohio (US); Evan Salop, Riverside, Conn. (US); and Timothy M. Waters, Hiram, Ga. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 08, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/382,144. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0260640 A1, Nov. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—205 [707/101; 707/102; 707/103 R; 707/104.1] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A method of determining storage requirements comprising:
receiving a plurality of files to be stored;
classifying the plurality of files based on business value;
classifying the plurality of files based on contractual obligations;
classifying the plurality of files based on empirical characteristics;
determining a storage medium based on the classified business value, classified contractual obligation, and classified empirical
characteristics;
determining storage requirements based on the determined storage mediums wherein determining storage requirements based on
the determined storage mediums comprises summing individual used storage capacity requirements for each of the plurality of
files;
determining a normalization factor;
determining a product of the determined normalization factor and summed individual used storage capacity;
determining at least one secondary information class based on the product; and
storing at least one of the received plurality of files based on the determined storage medium.
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