Patent ID: 8713131

Claim:
A storage system for enabling the substantially concurrent storage and access of data, comprising: a. A source of data, wherein said data comprises a three dimensional image wherein said three dimensional image has been processed to identify a presence of a threat item; b. A random access memory for receiving and temporarily storing said data, wherein said random access memory is adapted to at least four file input/output operations executing substantially concurrently and wherein said data is received from said source of data via one of said at least four file input/output operations executing substantially concurrently; c. At least two workstations for accessing said data, wherein each of said workstations is configured to access the random access memory through one of said at least four file input/output operations executing substantially concurrently; and d. A long term storage system for accessing and storing said data, wherein said long term storage system is configured to access the random access memory through one of said at least four file input/output operations executing substantially concurrently, wherein, if said data is not associated with an alarm or a threat, the random access memory transmits the data to long term storage and does not retain said data for access by the workstations.