Patent ID: 8793510
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: G06F,H03M

Abstract:
1. A method for encrypting a logical data object for storage in a storage device configured to operate with at least one storage protocol, said method comprising: creating, in the storage device, an encrypted logical data object comprising a plurality of encrypted sections each with a respective different predefined size dependent upon a type of encrypted data for storage therein; receiving variable size chunks of data corresponding to the encrypted logical data object; determining a type of data in each of the variable size chunks of data; encrypting the received data; selecting an encrypted section for each processed data chunk based on the corresponding type of data; and accumulating the encrypted data into said selected encrypted sections until each respective encrypted section includes a size matching its respective different predefined size; and storing each respective encrypted section that includes the size matching its respective different predefined size in the storage device.