Patent ID: 8645625
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A network storage system comprising: a plurality of removable drives, each removable drive comprising memory configured to store archival data; a plurality of drive ports in communication with one or more application servers, the plurality of drive ports configured to receive the archival data from the one or more application servers and send the archival data to the memory for storage; and a database storing a Write Once Read Many (WORM) policy, the WORM policy configured to prevent the archival data from being overwritten on the plurality of removable drives; wherein the database stores one or more controls for one or more application layer partitions of the network storage system, each of the application layer partitions spanning two or more of the plurality of removable drives, the one or more controls including the WORM policy, wherein the WORM policy protects the archival data in the one or more application layer partitions by preventing the archival data from being overwritten.