A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for recovering data. A method for recovering data includes selecting an object to be recovered, recovering sub-objects of the object based on the priorities assigned to the sub-objects, and reprioritizing the sub-objects based on an application's I/O during recovery. A method for recovering data includes reprioritizing the sub-objects the sub-objects includes assigning a lower priority to the sub-objects when an application has completed I/O on the object. A method for recovering data includes recovering sub-objects includes recovering sub-objects to a remote location.