US 11,720,452 B2
Systems and methods for determining data storage insurance policies based on data file and hardware attributes
Alexander Tormasov, Moscow (RU); Serguei Beloussov, Costa del Sol (SG); and Stanislav Protasov, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/361,551.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413970 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/1469 (2013.01) 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining data storage insurance policies, the method comprising:
receiving, from a computing device, a plurality of data files for storage and a request to add at least one data storage insurance policy to the plurality of data files for protection against data loss;
for each respective data file of the plurality of data files:
extracting data file attributes comprising information based on at least one of access history, storage at the computing device, and metadata of the respective data file;
determining a data recovery score for the respective data file based on at least one of a uniqueness and a criticality of the respective data file;
determining a hardware score for each of a plurality of performance tiers comprising at least one storage server, based on at least one of an available capacity at each of the plurality of performance tiers and a performance cost for storing the respective data file;
comparing the data recovery score of the respective data file and the hardware score and selecting a data storage insurance policy for the respective data file based at least on the comparison; and
executing the data storage insurance policy.