Abstract: A system and method for automatic recovery of a portion of source data, broken into a plurality of microshard data fragments, is described. The system and method include storing one data fragment in a first storage element of a first storage resource having a plurality of storage elements, creating and storing a duplicate of the one data fragment in a first storage element of a second storage resource having at least the same number of storage elements as the first storage resource, determining whether an error has occurred in the first storage element of the first storage resource, and creating and storing a duplicate of the data fragment from the first storage element of the second storage resource in a first recovery storage resource based on the determination. The duplicate of the data fragment from the first recovery storage resource is used to recover the portion of the source data.

Abstract: Disclosed are computer program products, systems, and methods for transmitting, storing, and intermixing separate data sources. First source data and second source data are split into microshard data fragments that are less than a maximum size. One of the microshard data fragments is selected. A pointer value is determined. The pointer value identifies a location for at least one external storage resource, a file or object on the external storage resource, and a location in the file or object for storing the selected microshard data fragment. At least part of the pointer value is stored in a distinct storage resource that does not include the microshard data fragments.

Abstract: A set of methods are proposed to increase data security, both in motion and at rest, by creating microshard data fragments. Microshard data fragments are subsets of a data file which are smaller than a defined atomic unit of value (e.g. a fraction of the size of a social security number or valuable password that one seeks to protect). These microshard data fragments are then dispersed across several physical locations, obscuring the value. Additional techniques are proposed to further frustrate unauthorized reassembly attempts and to create system efficiencies.

Abstract: A set of methods are proposed to increase data security, both in motion and at rest, by creating microshard data fragments. Microshard data fragments are subsets of a data file which are smaller than a defined atomic unit of value (e.g. a fraction of the size of a social security number or valuable password that one seeks to protect). These microshard data fragments are then dispersed across several physical locations, obscuring the value. Additional techniques are proposed to further frustrate unauthorized reassembly attempts and to create system efficiencies.