Patents Assigned to Spectra Logic
  • Optional data encryption by partition for a partitionable data storage library
    Patent number: 9570103
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for a data storage library comprising a first and second drive, a first and second mobile medium, a first and second partition wherein the first partition comprises the first drive and the first mobile medium and the second partition comprises the second drive and the second mobile medium, and a combination bridge controller device. The combination bridge controller device is configurable to control first communication traffic between at least a first client and the first partition wherein the first communication traffic can comprise a first data package. The combination bridge controller device is further configurable to optionally encrypt the first data package for storage on the first mobile medium when the first mobile medium is in cooperation with the first drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Spectra Logic
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Starr, Jeff Robert Boyton, Nathan Christopher Thompson
  • Data deduplication in a removable storage device
    Patent number: 9396204
    Abstract: An apparatus and associated methodology contemplate a data storage system having a removable storage device operably transferring user data between the data storage system and another device via execution of a plurality of input/output commands. A commonality factoring module executes computer instructions stored in memory to assign commonality information to the user data. A deduplication module executes computer instructions stored in memory to combine a plurality of files of the user data (user data files) with at least one file of corresponding commonality information (commonality information file), the combined files forming a sequential data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Spectra Logic
    Inventor: Matthew Thomas Starr
  • Write protect integrated picker
    Patent number: 9396754
    Abstract: A data storage library is described that essentially provides a write once and read many (WORM) conversion device integrated with a picker device all of which are inside of the data storage library. One embodiment contemplates that after receiving a request to store data in a WORM arrangement on a tape cartridge in the data storage library a tape cartridge selected from a scratch pool of tape cartridges can be converted to a WORM tape cartridge via the picker device, during the normal activity of using a picker device to grasp the selected tape cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: Spectra Logic
    Inventor: Walter Wong