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

Claim 0:
1. A data storage blade comprising:
a plurality of data storage cartridges, with each of the plurality of data storage cartridges comprising at least one data storage medium;
shared drive electronics (SDE) external 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
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.