Patent ID: 8839399
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: determining whether a tenant places a physical key into a slot associated with a hard disk provided by a service provider; allowing the tenant to have access to the hard disk after determining that the tenant has placed the physical key into the slot, wherein the access to the hard disk occurs at a physical layer and includes translating a virtual address, received from a tool layer, into a physical address, wherein: the virtual address is stored in libraries in the tool layer; the physical address includes at least one of a surface, track, and sensor associated with the hard disk, and the physical address provides access to data in the hard disk; and sending the data to class loaders in the tool layer, wherein the class loaders create instances in byte memories including the data, and wherein different services located in the tool layer access the byte memories from the class loaders.