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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Randy Kerns, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventor:
Randy Kerns, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Imation Corp., Oakdale, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of archival storage system are disclosed. The archival storage system includes one or more removable disk drives that provide random access and are readily expandable. One or more application servers can store archival data to the one or more removable disk drives. Further, the archival storage system provides an audit trail that stores information about actions taken on the archival data. The audit trail data providing a list of the actions and information about the actions that can be used to determine changes to the archival data.