Patent Filed for System and Method for Managing Data Migration Based on Security Status of Source Storage Device

A system and method for managing data migration based on the security status of a source storage device has been patented by inventors Jain, Atishay and Sethi, Parminder Singh. The inventors, affiliated with Dell Products L.P., filed the patent application on February 23, 2023, and it was published online on October 14, 2025. According to the background information provided by the inventors, computing devices provide services by including hardware and software components. The software components store information usable to provide the services using the hardware components.

The patented system and method involve sending a migration request to a target storage device based on a predictive failure. The target storage device obtains a security remote script, implements it on the source storage device to generate a security report, and sends a response with the report. The target storage device then obtains a migration initiation request from the source storage device, which includes a migration strategy determined by the target storage device based on the security classification of the source storage device.

Key Takeaways:

• The patented system and method enable the management of data migration based on the security status of a source storage device.
• The system involves sending a migration request to a target storage device based on a predictive failure, which determines that the source storage device will fail within less than 30 minutes.
• The target storage device obtains a security remote script, implements it on the source storage device to generate a security report, and sends a response with the report.
• The target storage device then obtains a migration initiation request from the source storage device, which includes a migration strategy determined by the target storage device based on the security classification of the source storage device.
• The migration strategy can specify prioritizing a level of encryption on the application data over a level of compression during the data migration.
• The migration strategy can also specify dynamic encryption during the data migration.
• The patented system and method can be implemented in a non-transitory computer readable medium, such as a hard drive or solid-state drive.
• The system can be implemented in a system with a processor, memory, and instructions that, when executed, perform the method for managing data replication.

Statistics:

• The patent was filed on February 23, 2023.
• The patent was published online on October 14, 2025.
• The patent number is 12443762.
• The inventors are affiliated with Dell Products L.P.
• The patent is based on a system and method for managing data migration based on the security status of a source storage device.

Sources:

• Jain, A. System and method for managing a data migration based on a security status of the source storage device. U.S. Patent Number 12443762, filed February 23, 2023, and published online on October 14, 2025.
• Dell Products L.P.