A computer program product and/or system for determining storage requirements includes means for receiving a plurality of files to be stored, means for classifying the plurality of files based on business value, means for classifying the plurality of files based on contractual obligations, means for classifying the plurality of files based on empirical characteristics, and determining a storage medium based on the classified business value, classified contractual obligation, and classified empirical characteristics. The system further includes means for determining storage requirements based on the determined storage mediums, means for determining a normalization factor, means for determining a product of the determined normalization factor and summed individual used storage capacity, means for determining at least one secondary information class based on the product, and means for storing at least one of the received plurality of files based on the determined storage medium.
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