Method and apparatus for data retention in a storage system

a data storage system and data technology, applied in the field of data storage, can solve the problems of irreparable data loss, violation of law, malicious users may intentionally delete or modify such records,

Active Publication Date: 2005-06-09
EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
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With conventional storage systems, users may accidentally delete or modify such records.
Alternatively, malicious users may intentionally delete or modify such records, for example to conceal unscrupulous business practices or to dishonestly alter school transcripts.
Whether accidental or intentional, such acts may cause an irreparable loss of data or even a violation of law.
Further, conventional file systems do not allow the user to specify a period of time for which data cannot be deleted or modified.
However, such systems do not allow the user to specify a retention period, as once data is written to the media it can never be deleted from the media, although the media may be physically destroyed to prevent access to the data.
Such media is not reusable if it is ever desired to replace the data on the media with new data.

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[0018] Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and apparatus for use in a computer system that includes a storage system and a host computer that communicate to perform operations on data. For example, the storage system may store data (write) in response to a request from the host computer to store the data, return stored data (read) in response to a request from the host computer for the stored data, and delete stored data in response to a request from the host computer to delete the data.

[0019] In one embodiment of the invention, when sending a request to the storage system to store data, a host computer (defined herein as any computer capable of writing data to a storage system) may provide the storage system with the data to be stored and a retention period associated with the data to be stored. The retention period may, for example, define a period of time for which the data cannot be deleted or modified. The storage system may store the data and ...

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Abstract

A system and method are provided for retention of data on a storage system. An application program provides the storage system with data to be stored on the storage system. The application program also provides the storage system with a retention period that indicates a period of time for which the data may not be deleted. When the storage system receives a request to delete the data, it first evaluates the retention period associated with that data to determine if the retention period has expired. If the retention period has not expired, the storage system denies the request to delete the data.

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of Invention [0002] The present invention relates generally to data storage and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for data retention in a data storage system. [0003] 2. Discussion of Related Art [0004] Businesses and other institutions, such as hospitals, schools, and government agencies, often use data storage systems to maintain records in electronic form. Such records may include, for example, company financial records, electronic mail (e-mail), patient medical records, student transcripts, and other types of data. It may be important to the business or institution to maintain these records in their original form for a certain period of time after their creation. That is, the business or institution may desire to prevent the records from being deleted or modified until a certain period of time has elapsed. For example, a hospital may wish to prevent modification or deletion of patient x-rays for a certain number of years after t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F21/62G06F1/00G06F7/00G06F12/00G06F12/14G06F12/16G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/30551G06F16/2477
Inventor KILIAN, MICHAELAVERY, MARKTODD, STEPHENTEUGELS, TOMMARTENS, FRANCISBRUYNDONCKX, JAN
Owner EMC IP HLDG CO LLC
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