Patent ID: 7860986
Filing Date: 2010-12-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In a computer system including a host computer comprising an application layer including at least one application program, the application layer being presented with a plurality of volumes of storage that are visible to the application layer, a method of managing access to a plurality of raw storage devices providing access to raw data stored on the plurality of volumes of storage, the method comprising acts of: assigning limited access privileges to the at least one application program to directly access at least one of the plurality of raw storage devices, the limited access privileges being less than root access privileges, wherein each of the at least one of the plurality of the raw storage devices provides access to raw data stored on one of said volumes of storage where said one volume of storage is mapped indirectly to one or more physical storage devices so that the one volume of storage does not correspond directly to an actual physical storage device; and modifying an access request from the at least one application program to perform an action on at least one of the plurality of raw storage devices when it is determined that the at least one application program has appropriate privileges to perform the action, wherein said modifying modifies the access request to indicate that an originator of the access request has system administrator privileges.