Patent ID: 11914736
Assignee: WEKA.IO LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprises a cluster of computing devices, and wherein the cluster of computing devices is associated with a cluster key comprising:
encrypting data, via a frontend, as it enters a computing device;
building, via a backend, failure-protected stripes in a plurality of storage devices, wherein the frontend and backend are networked devices that run a virtual frontend and virtual backend; and
distributing the plurality of storage devices such that at most an allowed number of storage devices are within any particular node of a plurality of nodes; and
the frontend registers a long-term key with a leader of the cluster when the system joins the cluster of computing devices and wherein prior to a transfer of the data, a session key is negotiated using an ephemeral key pair signed with the long-term key.