1. A method of accessing data stored on a first computing device using a second computing device, comprising: receiving data associated with a first computing device and classifying the received data to create metadata including one or more classifications, wherein the classifications contain information describing characteristics of the received data wherein at least one characteristic is not stored with the identified data; storing the metadata at the second computing device based on the classifications; receiving a data management request, wherein the data management request comprises a request to identify data and then perform a data management operation on the identified data; performing a query of the metadata stored at the second computing device without accessing the first computing device, wherein the query identifies at least part of the received data based on the data management request; and performing the data management operation on the identified data wherein the data management operation is performed to reduce an impact of the data management request on the first computing device.