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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2006
Applicant:
Danny Vogel, Sudbury, MA (US);
Inventor:
Danny Vogel, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Netapp, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/80 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/80 (2013.01); G06F 21/78 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for encrypting and decrypting information stored in a plurality of disk drives located within a large storage system. In various embodiments of the invention, encryption and decryption processes are implemented within a storage controller or controllers in the storage system.