A system and method for managing data includes identifying, in response to a storage request from a tenant system, a first data protection pool based on a data classification analysis performed on data associated with the storage request and initiating storage of data associated with the storage request in a first storage system associated with the first data protection pool. A pattern matching model and data sampled from the tenant system may be used to identify data characteristics, which may include data type, data retention, data sensitivity, and data location. At least some data characteristics may be obtained using a plugin to a tenant system on which the data associated with the storage request is stored.