Storage availability using cryptographic splitting

A multi-path secure storage network comprising:

• a client device;
• a plurality of storage systems;
• a primary secure storage appliance associated with a volume, the primary secure storage appliance configured to manage data requests associated with the volume, the volume associated with data stored at each of the plurality of storage systems;
• a plurality of secure data paths between the primary secure storage appliance and the client device;
• and
• a plurality of secure data paths between the primary secure storage appliance and the plurality of storage systems;
• wherein the primary secure storage appliance is configured to detect a connectivity problem on at least one of the secure data paths and assess whether to reassign the volume to a different secure storage appliance based upon the connectivity problem;
• the plurality of secure data paths encrypt data transmitted over each of the plurality of secure data paths using different encryption keys;
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• the data transmitted over each of the plurality of secure data paths corresponds to a different portion of the data being transmitted between the primary secure storage appliance and the client device.

A method of maintaining data connectivity in a secure storage network, the method comprising:

• assigning a volume to a primary secure storage appliance located in a secure data storage network, the secure data storage network including a plurality of secure data paths between the primary secure storage appliance and a client device and a plurality of secure data paths between the secure storage appliance and a plurality of storage systems, the volume corresponding to physical storage at each of the plurality of storage systems;
• detecting a connectivity problem on at least one of the secure data paths;
• assessing whether to reassign the volume to a different secure storage appliance based upon the connectivity problem;
• assigning the volume to a second secure storage appliance, thereby rendering the second secure storage appliance a new primary storage appliance;
• and
• disassociating the volume from the primary secure storage appliance;
• wherein the plurality of secure data paths encrypt data transmitted over each of the plurality of secure data paths using different encryption keys;
• and
• the data transmitted over each of the plurality of secure data paths corresponds to a different portion of the data being transmitted between the primary secure storage appliance and the client device.