Patent ID: 9632717
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for providing write once ready many times media on a storage drive in communication with an external computing system, said method comprising: receiving a Write command with a drive controller where the Write command is sent from the external computing system; determining with the drive controller whether the Write command is for a LBA within the WORM boundary area on a storage drive media as defined by a START_LBA and an END_LBA; when the LBA to be written is not within the WORM boundary area, then the drive controller performs the Write command on the storage drive media; and when the LBA to be written is within the WORM boundary area, then the drive controller setting the START_LBA equal to a lowest LBA on the storage device media and the END_LBA and the HWM_LBA equal to a largest LBA on the storage device media in response to a single command received by the drive controller.