Patent ID: 7082447

Claim:
A method for validation of archived data comprising: receiving data from a data source; generating a verification code on the data using a verification method; sending the data and verification information to a storage subsystem, the verification information including the verification code and the verification method; storing the verification information and the data at the storage subsystem; receiving a request for verification of the data stored at the storage subsystem; generating a second verification code on the stored data at the storage subsystem using the verification method; comparing the verification code and the second verification code; sending one of a data verified signal and a data not verified signal by the storage subsystem in response to the request based on the comparison, generating an image of the data and generating the verification code on the image of the data using the verification method, and controlling the storage subsystem by a storage Application Program Interface (API) at a server, wherein the storage API comprises a function that performs initiating verification of a region of storage at the storage subsystem.