Storage system and method of storing and managing data

A method of storing data comprising:

• encoding a file into a plurality of fragments;
• retrieving storage configuration data from a data management store;
• retrieving encryption key data from a keystore;
• identifying a storage strategy using the storage configuration data, the storage strategy associating each fragment with a remote storage volume and a secondary local storage volume;
• for each fragment using the encryption key data to:
• identify a first encryption key associated with the remote storage volume identified in the storage strategy, encrypting the fragment using the identified first encryption key, communicating the encrypted fragment to the associated remote storage volume as identified by the storage strategy;
• identify a secondary encryption key associated with the secondary local storage volume identified in the storage strategy, encrypting the fragment using the identified secondary encryption key, communicating the encrypted fragment to the secondary local storage volume;
• and
• storing the encrypted fragment at that identified remote storage volume and the identified secondary local storage volume.