Patent ID: 7774680

Claim:
A method for storing data comprising the following steps: (a) providing data stored as data pages on a holographic storage medium; and (b) recovering one or more of the data pages when one or more of the data pages is corrupted or missing, wherein the plurality of data pages are organized into one or more chapters, wherein the one or more chapters comprise a plurality of chapters arranged in an anthology, and wherein each data page of the plurality of data pages includes: a page header providing a physical address for the data page and a position of the data page within a chapter of the one or more chapters; and page user data comprising the holographic data; and page level error correction codes for allowing the data page to be recovered or reconstructed when the data page includes errors wherein the anthology includes: a plurality of redundant chapters for allowing one or more of the plurality of chapters to be recovered or reconstructed when the anthology includes errors, and wherein step (b) comprises recovering one or more of the plurality of chapters using one or more of the redundant chapters.