Patent ID: 8140787
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An archiving system for archiving data, the archiving system comprising: a network, one or more application servers in communication with the network, the application servers requiring archival of data; a network storage system in communication with the network to receive archival data from the one or more application servers over the network, the network storage system comprising: an active archive, the active archive including a fixed storage; wherein the network storage system comprises one or more application layer partitions, wherein each application layer partition is associated with one or more drive ports and the one or more removable disk drives electrically connected to the one or more drive ports, wherein each application layer partition is also associated with a portion of the fixed storage in the active archive; wherein at least one of the application servers sends archival data to a predetermined application layer partition for archiving; and wherein the network storage system stores the sent archival data into the predetermined application layer partition in the active archive.