1. A method for managing electronic data in one or more storage devices, the method comprising: obtaining metadata from a plurality of data objects associated with one or more data interactions, wherein the data objects are stored in a file system on at least a first storage device; storing the metadata in a first metabase wherein the first metabase is stored separately from the file system; migrating a plurality of the data objects from the first storage device to a second storage device and migrating at least portion of the associated metadata in the first metabase to a second metabase, wherein the second metabase is stored separately from the first metabase and separately from the file system; and obtaining metadata about the data objects migrated to the secondary device from the second metabase without accessing the data objects on the secondary storage device via the file system.