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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
David Dodgson, Lansdale, PA (US);
Joseph Neill, Malvern, PA (US);
Ralph Farina, Downingtown, PA (US);
Edward Chin, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Albert French, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Scott Summers, Collegeville, PA (US);
David Dodgson, Lansdale, PA (US);
Joseph Neill, Malvern, PA (US);
Ralph Farina, Downingtown, PA (US);
Edward Chin, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Albert French, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Scott Summers, Collegeville, PA (US);
Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Abstract
A secure storage appliance is disclosed, along with methods of storing and reading data in a secure storage network. The secure storage appliance is configured to present to a client a virtual disk, the virtual disk mapped to the plurality of physical storage devices. The secure storage appliance is capable of executing program instructions configured to generate a plurality of secondary blocks of data by performing splitting and encrypting operations on a block of data received from the client for storage on the virtual disk and reconstitute the block of data from at least a portion of the plurality of secondary blocks of data stored in shares on corresponding physical storage devices in response to a request from the client.