US Patent 11874848 Automated dataset placement for application execution

Techniques described herein relate to a method for distributed data management. The method may include obtaining data descriptors for an application executing on a data host, performing a dataset policy analysis using the data descriptors to determine a data placement for a dataset associated with the application using a global name repository, performing, based on the data policy analysis, the data placement, and based on the data placement, updating the global name repository.