Region-based distributed information management system

Abstract

A region-based distributed information management system is described herein in which some or all of the operations typically performed by a centralized storage manager can be distributed to storage managers located in the various geographic regions. These regional storage managers can manage components of the information management system located in their respective geographic region, and communicate with the centralized storage manager (also referred to herein as a “master storage manager”) for synchronization purposes and/or to hand off operations that cannot be performed by the regional storage manager.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A networked information management system configured to distribute data management to a plurality of geographic regions, the networked information management system comprising:
 a master storage manager comprising first physical hardware, the master storage manager configured to implement a master app manager;   a client computing device located in a first geographic region in the plurality of geographic regions separate from a geographic region in which the master storage manager resides; and   a region storage manager comprising second physical hardware that is in communication with the master storage manager and the client computing device and that is located in the first geographic region, wherein the region storage manager is configured to:
 receive, from the client computing device, a request for first data; 
 determine that the first data is not stored in the first geographic region; 
 retrieve the first data from the master storage manager; and 
 transmit the first data to the client computing device.