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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2003
Michael Kilian, Harvard, MA (US);
Mark Avery, Weston, MA (US);
Stephen Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Tom Teugels, Schoten, BE;
Francis Martens, Berchem, BE;
Jan Bruyndonckx, Mechelen, BE;
Michael Kilian, Harvard, MA (US);
Mark Avery, Weston, MA (US);
Stephen Todd, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Tom Teugels, Schoten, BE;
Francis Martens, Berchem, BE;
Jan Bruyndonckx, Mechelen, BE;
EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for retention of data on a storage system. An application program provides the storage system with data to be stored on the storage system. The application program also provides the storage system with a retention period that indicates a period of time for which the data may not be deleted. When the storage system receives a request to delete the data, it first evaluates the retention period associated with that data to determine if the retention period has expired. If the retention period has not expired, the storage system denies the request to delete the data.