Optimized file storage strategy for increasing usability of key files

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processor, a request for a key file;
• determining whether the key file is located within a partition of a storage;
• and
• in response to the key file not being within the partition of the storage:
• retrieving metadata for the key file;
• determining a physical location for the key file based on the metadata;
• based on the physical location, retrieving one or more segments of the key file from the partition of the storage;
• downloading one or more segments of the key file from a backend server;
• and
• re-creating the key file based on the segments of the key file retrieved from the partition of the storage and on the segments of the key file downloaded from the backend server.

A method comprising:

• splitting a key file into multiple segments;
• storing the multiple segments in a partition of a storage;
• receiving, by a processor of an information handling system, a request for the key file;
• if the key file is not located within the partition of the storage, then:
• retrieving metadata for the key file;
• determining a physical location for the key file based on the metadata;
• based on the physical location, retrieving one or more segments of the key file from the partition of the storage;
• downloading one or more segments of the key file from a backend server;
• re-creating the key file based on the segments of the key file retrieved from the partition of the storage and on the segments of the key file downloaded from the backend server;
• if a checksum for the key file is verified, then utilizing the key file for a system recovery, otherwise determining that the key file cannot be utilized for the system recovery.