| US 7,617,422 B2 | ||
| Method, system, and program product for managing data decay | ||
| Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US); and David L. Ehnebuske, Holmes, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/461,657. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0126330 A1, May 29, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—54 [714/42] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method for managing data decay, comprising:
obtaining usage information describing how data should be accessed;
obtaining resource information describing resources available for accessing the data;
providing a data decay potential of the data based on the usage information and the resource information, and
initiating a remediation action when the data decay potential exceeds the a predetermined threshold, the remediation action
being selected from a group consisting of a format transformation, a software archiving, or an environment archiving.
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