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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2020
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Muralitharan Jayaraman, Bangalore, IN;
Mayur Jain, Karnataka, IN;
Balakumar Rajendran, Bangalore, IN;
Narendhiran Cr, Bangalore, IN;
Garvita Chauhan, Bangalore, IN;
Prashantha Krishna, Bangalore, IN;
Western Digital Technologies, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A storage system with privacy-centric multi-partitions and method for use therewith are provided. In one embodiment, a storage system comprises a memory configured to be partitioned into a plurality of partitions, wherein each partition is associated with its own boot block, and wherein each boot block is configured to boot any of the plurality of partitions. The storage system also comprises a controller configured to communicate with the memory and to: in response to a failure to boot one of the plurality of partitions with that partition's boot block, use a boot block of another one of the plurality of partitions to boot the one of the plurality of partitions; and restrict access to each of the plurality of partitions only to authenticated entities. Other embodiments are provided.