DISTRIBUTED DATA METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING DATA

Techniques for performing data encryption on data to be stored within a storage system are provided. A client application executing on a host machine may generate a data storage write request to write data to a storage system. A host-side module, executing on the host machine receives the write requ...

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Main Authors Patterson, R. Hugo, Hsu, Windsor, Chandra, Surendar
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 07.12.2022
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Summary:Techniques for performing data encryption on data to be stored within a storage system are provided. A client application executing on a host machine may generate a data storage write request to write data to a storage system. A host-side module, executing on the host machine receives the write request. The host-side module is configured to generate one or more fingerprints for the data corresponding to the write request, where the one or more fingerprints are unique identifiers used to identify data blocks that make up the data. The host-side module generates encrypted data by encrypting the data blocks using an encryption technique. The encrypted data is then sent to a storage node within the storage system. Deduplication may be performed on the encrypted data using the one or more generated fingerprints.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20180158639