Patent ID: 11966617
Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A method comprising:
providing a plurality of data storage cartridges, with each of the plurality of data storage cartridges comprising at least one data storage medium;
securing the plurality of data storage cartridges to a data storage blade support;
disconnectably coupling shared drive electronics (SDE) to the plurality of data storage cartridges, the SDE configured to control data access operations on different data storage cartridges of the plurality of data storage cartridges, wherein the SDE comprises firmware or software utilized to access data from the plurality of data storage cartridges, thereby physically separating storage of the firmware or software from the plurality of data storage cartridges that are configured to store user data, and wherein the plurality of data storage cartridges, the data storage blade support and the SDE form a data storage blade; and
providing a controller-override mechanism activatable to disable communication between the SDE and the plurality of data storage cartridges in response to a detection of the firmware or software being compromised, wherein the control-override mechanism is manually activatable on the data storage blade to re-enable communication between the SDE and the plurality of data storage cartridges.