公开(公告)号：US10983943B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-20

申请号：US16193091

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G11B33/12 ,  G06F21/85 ,  G06F21/80

Abstract: A data storage system can employ at least one data storage device having a supplemental processing bus that connects a first controller to a second controller with the supplemental bus being exposed to an exterior surface of a housing. The second controller may be positioned on a portable computing component connected to the supplemental bus while the portable computing component is positioned external to the housing. The computing capabilities of the portable computing component are identified with the first controller to allow a supplementation strategy to be generated with the first controller in response to connection of the portable computing component to the supplemental bus. The supplementation strategy can then be executed by assigning at least one processing task from the first controller to the second controller.

公开(公告)号：US10855451B1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US15667547

申请日：2017-08-02

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L9/08 ,  G06F21/62 ,  G06F21/78

Abstract: Security of data storage devices and servers can be improved by the system and methods described herein. In some embodiments, a key management server may be locally or externally located. An encryption key may be used for locking a portion or the entirety of a storage device. The key management server may communicate with data storage devices regarding encryption keys using secure protocols. For example, the key management server may generate a communication key that may be used to securely encrypt messages between the server and a data storage device.

公开(公告)号：US10725676B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16219351

申请日：2018-12-13

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F3/06 ,  G06F16/18 ,  G06F12/02

Abstract: Apparatus and method for configuring a data storage device as a write once read many (WORM) drive. In some embodiments, the storage device has a rotatable disc with at least one data recording layer, and a data transducer that is selectively moveable with respect to the rotatable disc. The data transducer has a write element configured to write data to the data recording layer, and a read element configured to read data from the data recording layer. A control circuit is configured to physically disable the write element in response to a write element disable signal. The disabling of the write element prevents further writing of data to the data recording layer. The read element remains operative to continue reading data from the data recording layer after the write element has been disabled.

公开(公告)号：US20190180058A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16278571

申请日：2019-02-18

Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F21/78 ,  H04W12/02 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless enabled security in relation to a storage drive are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include receiving, at a storage drive, a request from a host of the storage drive. In some cases, the request may be received via a wired connection between the storage drive and the host. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may include determining whether the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, processing the request upon determining the request is not flagged as a secure connection request, and establishing a wireless connection with the host upon determining the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request

公开(公告)号：US10242234B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-26

申请号：US15211932

申请日：2016-07-15

Applicant: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F21/78 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W12/02

Abstract: Systems and methods for wireless enabled security in relation to a storage drive are described. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include receiving, at a storage drive, a request from a host of the storage drive. In some cases, the request may be received via a wired connection between the storage drive and the host. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may include determining whether the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request, processing the request upon determining the request is not flagged as a secure connection request, and establishing a wireless connection with the host upon determining the request is flagged by the host as a secure connection request.

公开(公告)号：US11595369B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US16677726

申请日：2019-11-08

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: H04L9/40

Abstract: Apparatus and method for local authentication of a collection of processing devices, such as but not limited to storage devices (e.g., SSDs, etc.). In some embodiments, an edge computing device is coupled between the collection of processing devices and an external network. The edge computing device performs a network authentication over the external network with a remote server using an edge token. The edge computing device further performs a local authentication of the collection using storage tokens of the respective processing devices, with the local authentication not utilizing the external network or the remote server. Both the edge token and the storage tokens may be generated from a client token of a client device.

公开(公告)号：US20210271623A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17233197

申请日：2021-04-16

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G11B33/12 ,  G06F21/85 ,  G06F21/80

Abstract: A data storage system can employ at least one data storage device having a supplemental processing bus that connects a first controller to a second controller with the supplemental bus being exposed to an exterior surface of a housing. The second controller may be positioned on a portable computing component connected to the supplemental bus while the portable computing component is positioned external to the housing. The computing capabilities of the portable computing component are identified with the first controller to allow a supplementation strategy to be generated with the first controller in response to connection of the portable computing component to the supplemental bus. The supplementation strategy can then be executed by assigning at least one processing task from the first controller to the second controller.

公开(公告)号：US10929319B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-23

申请号：US16409382

申请日：2019-05-10

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F13/10 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G11B5/82

Abstract: A data storage device can employ a front end bus to optimize data storage performance. A first controller may be connected to a first memory via a first bus and to a second memory via a second bus with the first bus and first memory housed within an internal cavity of an enclosure while the second bus is exposed to an exterior surface of the housing and the second memory is separated from the internal cavity. The first controller can be configured to substitute the second memory for the first memory in response to a front end controller identifying a type of data storage of the second memory.

公开(公告)号：US20200159682A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16193091

申请日：2018-11-16

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F13/40 ,  G06F13/16 ,  G06F21/80 ,  G06F21/85 ,  G11B33/12

Abstract: A data storage system can employ at least one data storage device having a supplemental processing bus that connects a first controller to a second controller with the supplemental bus being exposed to an exterior surface of a housing. The second controller may be positioned on a portable computing component connected to the supplemental bus while the portable computing component is positioned external to the housing. The computing capabilities of the portable computing component are identified with the first controller to allow a supplementation strategy to be generated with the first controller in response to connection of the portable computing component to the supplemental bus. The supplementation strategy can then be executed by assigning at least one processing task from the first controller to the second controller.

公开(公告)号：US20190339867A1

公开(公告)日：2019-11-07

申请号：US15969332

申请日：2018-05-02

Applicant: Seagate Technology LLC

Inventor： Christopher Nicholas Allo

IPC: G06F3/06

Abstract: Apparatus and method for managing data. A host device is coupled to multiple hybrid data storage devices each having a primary non-volatile memory (NVM), a secondary NVM, a top level controller and a secondary controller. During a normal I/O processing mode, host access commands are serviced by the top level controllers to direct transfers with the respective primary and secondary NVMs. During a front end I/O processing mode, the host device forms a consolidated, distributed memory space in which data are separately stored to the secondary NVMs by the host device. The primary NVM may be rotatable recording media and the secondary NVM may be flash memory. The secondary NVM may be in the form of removable SSD cards that plug into the storage devices to support replacement and performance upgrades, as well as allowing transitions between cold and hot data storage modes in a single system.