Shippable Storage Devices for Bulk Data Transfer and Synchronization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The disparity between growing data storage capacity and transmission speed over networks leads to costly or time-consuming data transfers between storage facilities, and existing solutions face challenges in securely and efficiently handling diverse storage devices and maintaining data synchronization.
Innovation Solution
Implementing shippable storage devices that use redundancy encoding schemes to distribute and synchronize data, allowing bulk data transfer and remote storage with efficient updates via network transmission, while ensuring data durability and security through encryption and authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If data is transferred over networks between storage facilities, then data transmission can be performed, but the transmission speed is too slow and costs are prohibitively high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces network data transmission with physical transport of storage devices. Instead of electronically transmitting data over networks (mechanical/electrical system), the invention uses physical shipping of portable storage devices containing the data (mechanical transport system), achieving significantly faster effective transfer speeds for large datasets.
2Speed
If physical storage devices are shipped for data transfer, then fast data transfer is achieved, but data security and authentication become more difficult to ensure
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary authentication and encryption of data before physical transport. Storage devices are pre-authenticated, data is encrypted prior to writing to the device, and security credentials are established in advance, ensuring data security is maintained throughout the physical shipping process without compromising transfer speed.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates authenticated copies of data on portable storage devices that can be physically shipped. Multiple authenticated copies are made before transport, allowing verification and redundancy, which enhances security while maintaining fast transfer capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple disparate storage devices are used for data transfer, then customer flexibility is maintained, but the complexity of handling and synchronizing data increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication and data structure framework that works across multiple disparate storage device types. By establishing common authentication protocols and standardized data organization methods, the system can handle various storage devices (HDD, SSD, optical, etc.) uniformly, reducing synchronization complexity while maintaining customer flexibility in device selection.
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AI summary
Multiple shippable storage devices may be used for a bulk data transfer, local storage, and remote synchronization to a remote storage service. A storage service provider ships multiple shippable storage devices to a client, which are then attached to the client network. The client data on the client network is transferred to the shippable storage devices according to a redundancy encoding scheme. A subset of the shippable storage devices are then shipped back to the remote storage provider to store a copy of the client data at the remote storage service. The remainder of the shippable storage devices are sufficient in number to store the client data. When the client data is updated on the shippable storage devices, the shippable storage devices send an update via network transmission to the remote storage service. The remote storage service then updates the copy of the client data.