Patent ID: 8527781

Claim:
A secure and scalable solid state disk (SNS-SSD) system having at least a three level architecture comprising: a user token for providing an independent user authorization utility for access to the system following boot of a host system; at least one first level secure virtual storage controller, coupled to the host system through a host interface; at least two second level secure virtual storage controllers, wherein the host system can interface directly with at least one of the two second level secure virtual storage controllers, at least one of the at least two second level secure virtual storage controllers includes a direct interface to and is directly compatible with the at least one first level secure virtual storage controller and at least one of the at least two second level secure virtual storage controllers includes at least a plurality of device interfaces; and a plurality of third level virtual storage devices coupled to the at least one level secure virtual storage controller for interfacing therewith, wherein each of the at least one first level secure virtual storage controller and at least one of the at least two second level secure virtual storage controllers have a substantially similar architecture and at least one differing device interface.