Patent ID: 7926087

Claim:
A system for authorizing access requests for accessing a storage system, the system comprising: an authorization module configured for determining authorization of access requests for a first storage system; a first server system comprising a first application configured for: sending an initiation request to the authorization module; receiving an access request for accessing the first storage system; sending an authorization request to the authorization module for authorizing the access request; and only upon receiving an authorization of the access request from the authorization module, sending the access request to the first storage system; the first storage system comprising a set of one or more storage devices, the first storage system configured for performing the access request received from the first application without determining authorization of the received access request; and a network connecting the authorization module, first server system, and first storage system, wherein the authorization module resides and executes externally from the first server system and the first storage system, wherein the authorization module is further configured for generating a unique identifier and a password for the first application to connect with the first storage system and sending the unique identifier and password to the first application and the first storage system.