US Patent 10990282 Hybrid data tiering with cloud storage

Hybrid data tiering, including: replicating multiple data objects from a first storage location on a first computer system to a second storage location at a second computer system; receiving, from a client computing system, a retention policy specifying one or more rules or conditions to evaluate to determine whether to continue storing data at a first storage location in addition to storing the data at a second storage location; identifying, in accordance with the retention policy, some of the multiple data objects to continue storing at the first storage location, wherein all of the multiple data objects remain stored at the second storage location; and selecting the identified some of the multiple data objects to remain stored at the first storage location.