Patent ID: 8291179
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A network storage system for archiving data, the network storage system comprising: one or more removable disk drives, the one or more removable disk drives operable to store archival data, each removable disk drive comprising: one or more drive ports, each drive port including a data cartridge connector which mates with the connector to communicate with the embedded memory, the one or more drive ports in communication with one or more application servers, the one or more drive ports receiving the archival data from the one or more application servers and sending the archival data to the embedded memory for storage; and a database, the database storing a Write Once Read Many (WORM) policy, the WORM policy preventing data from being overwritten on one or more removable disk drives; wherein the database stores one or more controls for one or more application layer partitions of the network storage system, one or more of the controls for one or more of the application layer partitions including the WORM policy, the WORM policy protecting immutable data in the application layer partition.