ILM rules allow you to manage the placement of object data over time. To create an ILM rule, you use the Create ILM Rule wizard.
When StorageGRID Webscale evaluates objects against an ILM rule, it looks first at the rule's basic and advanced filtering criteria. If an object matches the filtering criteria, the object is copied and placed according to the rule's placement instructions. Placement instructions determine where, when, and how object data is stored. If the rule includes more than one placement instruction, when a set time expires, the content placement instructions for the next time period are applied to objects at the next ILM evaluation time.