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Simultaneous state-based cryptographic splitting in a secure storage appliance

US10007807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 2008
Grant dateJun 26, 2018
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Expiry dateFeb 1, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/0428
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing I/O requests in a secure storage appliance are disclosed. One method includes receiving a plurality of I/O requests at the secure storage appliance, each I/O request associated with a block of data and a volume, each volume associated with a plurality of shares stored on a plurality of physical storage devices. The method further includes storing a plurality of blocks of data in buffers of the secure storage appliance, each of the blocks of data associated with one or more of the plurality of I/O requests. The method also includes associating a state with each of the blocks of data, the state selected from a plurality of states associated with processing of an I/O request. The method includes determining the availability of a resource in the secure storage appliance, the resource used to process an I/O request of a buffer, and, upon determining that the resource is available, applying the resource to a block of data in the buffer and updating the state associated with the block of data.

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