US Patent 11258853 Storage management system and method

A method, computer program product, and computing system for locally processing a plurality of data files stored on a local data storage system to effectuate the storage of one or more archivable files at one or more defined remote addresses on a remote data storage system. One or more identifiers, that locate the one or more archivable files at the one or more defined remote addresses on the remote data storage system, are stored on the local data storage system. A local database, that defines the one or more identifiers, is maintained on the local data storage system.