US 12,468,824 B2
Maintaining encryption during storage system replication
Ronald Karr, Palo Alto, CA (US); Constantine Sapuntzakis, Palo Alto, CA (US); and John Colgrove, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by PURE STORAGE, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/623,869.
Application 18/623,869 is a continuation of application No. 18/064,531, filed on Dec. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,947,683.
Application 18/064,531 is a continuation of application No. 16/937,970, filed on Jul. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,531,487, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/944,617, filed on Dec. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0303351 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01); H04L 67/1097 (2022.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/602 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0604 (2013.01); G06F 3/0619 (2013.01); G06F 3/0622 (2013.01); G06F 3/0623 (2013.01); G06F 3/065 (2013.01); G06F 3/0659 (2013.01); G06F 3/067 (2013.01); G06F 3/0673 (2013.01); G06F 11/1453 (2013.01); G06F 11/1464 (2013.01); G06F 16/164 (2019.01); G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/1824 (2019.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 9/0816 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); G06F 21/107 (2023.08); H04L 2209/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by a computing device comprising a processor and a memory device, the method comprising:
identifying a second storage system that contains data that was stored on a first storage system that has become unavailable; and
retrieving, by a replacement storage system that replaces the first storage system, the data from the second storage system, wherein the data retrieved by the replacement storage system is encrypted.