Patent ID: 9116734
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F,G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A dispersive storage area network (SAN), comprising: (a) an electronic device having a network interface and software loaded on the electronic device configured to spawn a plurality of respective virtual machines that each virtualizes network capabilities of the network interface such that a respective virtual network connection is provided; and (b) a plurality of storage devices, each storage device having data stored thereon representing a portion of stored information, and each storage device having software loaded thereon configured to spawn a plurality of respective virtual machines that each virtualizes network capabilities of that storage device such that a respective virtual network connection is provided; (c) wherein the dispersive SAN is configured to store information from the electronic device by (d) wherein the electronic device is configured to thereafter access the stored information by (e) wherein data in at least some portions of the plurality of portions is redundant to other data in the at least some portions of the plurality of portions such that the stored information can be reassembled even if data is not received from all of the storage devices of the plurality of storage devices.