A data management system responds to migration requests by automatically invoking a shortcut migration process for suitable candidates. Suitability of candidate data is efficiently evaluated using, among other considerations, the presence or absence of an expedited access indicator for the data which...http://www.google.de/patents/US6434682?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6434682 - Data management system with shortcut migration via efficient automatic reconnection to previously migrated copy