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BACKGROUND

0001 Information generated and stored in an enterprise may exist in many shapes and forms. The information may be distributed throughout the enterprise and managed by using various techniques depending on the task at hand. The increasing use of data processing and data generation in Such enterprises produces ever-increasing amounts of information which have to be stored for short, medium, or long periods. In particular, the information has also to be kept ready for re-use. To maintain such information, such as data logs and files, enterprises generally implement data management and file storage systems that provide efficient and easy solutions to manage the information. For example, an enterprise may use an application for its users to tap into relational databases or a document management application to access documents pertinent to their work, hence providing shared file storage and …