Optimized encryption key management by a group of storage systems
AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Bernat, Alexandre Duchâteau, Marco Sanvido, Constantine Sapuntzakis, Kiron Vijayasankar
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AssigneePure Storage, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Bernat, Alexandre Duchâteau, Marco Sanvido, Constantine Sapuntzakis, Kiron Vijayasankar
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Protecting an encryption key for data stored in a storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices, including: reading, from at least a majority of the storage devices, a portion of an apartment key; reconstructing the apartment key using the portions of the apartment key read by the majority of the storage devices; unlocking the main portion of each of the storage devices utilizing the apartment key; reading, from the main portion of one of the storage devices, a portion of a third-party resource access key; requesting, from the third-party resource utilizing the third-party resource access key, an encryption key; receiving, from the third-party resource, the encryption key; and decrypting the data stored on the storage devices utilizing the encryption key.
A method comprising:
A storage system that includes a plurality of storage devices, the storage system including a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the storage system to carry out the steps of:
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